Students complete their class exercises completely and on time. Exercises are due at specific times. Grading penalties ensue if they are turned in late. Appropriate interaction with peers, faculty, and staff on academic issues. Students seek help from peers, teacher, and teaching assistant.
Students interact in class thoughtfully and respectfully.
Teacher encourages students to work individually with instructor and teaching assistant. Understand themselves better as learners. Students learn to organize geological concepts and terminology so they can use them to interpret the natural landscape. Students determine problems they have learning geological concepts through feedback from peers and teachers. Teacher provides daily outline plan for entire school term on first day of class to help students organize their geological knowledge.