Integrating Active Learning into Paleontology Classes (Elements of Paleontology) - Softcover

Olcott, Alison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108717918 ISBN 13: 9781108717915

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

The educational benefits of replacing in-class lectures with hands-on activities are clear. Such active learning is a natural fit for paleontology, which can provide opportunities for examining fossils, analyzing data and writing. Additionally, there are a number of topics in the field that are exciting to geology majors and non-majors alike: very few can resist the lure of dinosaurs, huge meteor impacts, vicious Cretaceous sharks or a giant Pleistocene land mammal. However, it can seem difficult to introduce these techniques into a large general education class full of non-majors: paleontological specimens provide a natural starting point for hands-on classroom activities, but in a large class it is not always practical or possible to provide enough fossil material for all students. The Element introduces different types of active learning approaches, and then explains how they have been applied to a large introductory paleontology class for non-majors.

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Book Description

Active learning is a natural fit for paleontology, which can provide opportunities for examining fossils, analyzing data and writing. This Element introduces different types of active learning approaches and explains how these can be applied to large introductory paleontology classes for non-majors.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108717918
• ISBN 13: 9781108717915
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 34