The weekly Logs and journaling require condensing information and writing a brief summary that gets at the main issue. Techniques for organizing knowledge. Knowledge, concepts and terminology is organized around how one thinks about the physical world, especially how scientists perceive it. Knowledge and content is organized in an order that seems to make sense to science-anxious, underprepared students. Familiarity with different learning strategies.
Course goes beyond memorization of information and has an extensive use and application component.
Biweekly tests and weekly labs contain both memorization items and application items. They usually have problem solving questions that are based on real situations. A major thrust in the course is to help students gather and assimilate knowledge from a variety of sources and viewpoints. Awareness of personal learning styles. The repetitive weekly pattern allows each student to develop more effective study patterns over a short time period which allows for them to determine how they will assimilate a given body of knowledge.