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Peer reviewedChen, X. Mara – Journal of Geography, 1998
Argues that hands-on, project-oriented teaching offers an ideal approach to integrating Geographical Information Systems (GIS) education and training. Presents a project-oriented GIS teaching experience as an instructional paradigm that can be used to ensure balance between conceptual GIS learning and software-based hands-on training in…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Uses in Education, Geography Instruction, Higher Education
Assessment of Collaborative Approaches to Teaching an Undergraduate Environmental Management Course.
Peer reviewedNordstrom, Karl F. – Journal of Geography, 1996
Describes an undergraduate course in applied shoreline management offered in three different formats: traditional lecture, half-lecture half-collaborative, and fully cooperative. Student evaluations significantly supported the fully cooperative format over the others. Discusses the reasons for this and includes examples of the questions used in…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives
