PHYS 516B Ed Reforms & Global Learn
PHYS 516. EDUCATIONAL REFORMS AND GLOBAL LEARNING AND OBSERVATIONS TO BENEFIT THE ENVIRONMENT (GLOBE) (Credit, 3 hours). Lecture (1/3rd of the time) and Laboratory (2/3rd of the time). Interactive survey of key, contemporary, educational reforms with emphasis on the cognitive and behavioral basis of learning and applications in the classroom. The power law of human performance and its extension are applied to the process of teaching and particularly of learning. The execution of GLOBE protocols and related learning activities constitutes the laboratory component of the course. At a minimum, the atmosphere, hydrology, soil, and land cover/biology protocols will be practiced.
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