literacy – D’Arcy Norman dot net https://darcynorman.net no more band-aids Wed, 24 Aug 2016 23:21:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://darcynorman.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/crankforpeace3-552f33a1v1_site_icon-32x32.png literacy – D’Arcy Norman dot net https://darcynorman.net 32 32 1067019 Ben Cowie on introducing first-year geoscience students to the primary scientific literature in a large classroom setting https://darcynorman.net/2012/02/13/ben-cowie-on-introducing-first-year-geoscience-students-to-the-primary-scientific-literature-in-a-large-classroom-setting/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:42:10 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=9283 Continue reading "Ben Cowie on introducing first-year geoscience students to the primary scientific literature in a large classroom setting"]]> What a fantastic series of posts by Dr. Ben Cowie, a geology prof here at the UofC. He worked with his first-year undergrads, on going to primary research lit, rather than just settling for teh wikarpedia.

  • Part 1: the motivation and desire to initiate this program
  • Part 2: the implementation of the work
  • Part 3: details of how the students handled the material and what the most commonly used strategies were for the students

so good. so happy he’s teaching here at UCalgary, and that he’s blogging the stuff he’s doing.

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