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.
Teacher poses written questions during each class period.
Evaluate their own strengths, limitations, and interests. Students examine their graded tests and in-class assignments to determine if they are making consistent or systematic errors Teachers encourage students to go over their work and look for patterns of errors. Teachers give students regular and frequent feedback about performance on tests and in-class assignments. All graded materials are returned to students with scores as a percentage listed. The standard grading scale for the course is listed in the syllabus so students know exactly how they are doing in the class throughout the school term.