Less is More: Course Redesign and the Development of an Atmospheric Science Process Skills Assessment

General education science courses strive to promote scientific literacy and the development of scientific process skills. However, research shows that many general education courses are still designed to stress content mastery. In this study, the number of topics in five semester-long introductory a...

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Autores principales:	Dawn Kopacz, Zachary Handlos
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Publicado:	Georgia Southern University 2021
Materias:	atmospheric science education skill development science literacy course design assessment design Theory and practice of education LB5-3640
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:58cf4ac79eaa480cb003a92749251b4d2021-12-02T18:48:35ZLess is More: Course Redesign and the Development of an Atmospheric Science Process Skills Assessment1931-474410.20429/ijsotl.2021.150212https://doaj.org/article/58cf4ac79eaa480cb003a92749251b4d2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/vol15/iss2/12https://doaj.org/toc/1931-4744General education science courses strive to promote scientific literacy and the development of scientific process skills. However, research shows that many general education courses are still designed to stress content mastery. In this study, the number of topics in five semester-long introductory atmospheric science courses was reduced to increase time for the development of scientific process skills, a critical component of scientific literacy. The Atmospheric and Climate Science Literacy Frameworks and a general science education skills rubric were used to guide the course redesign and development of course activities. Details of the course structure and sample course activities are described. A pre-post-test was developed to evaluate attainment of five scientific process skills and the efficacy of the course redesign. Preliminary validity and reliability studies suggest that the majority of the assessment questions are reliable, though further validation of the assessment is required.Dawn KopaczZachary HandlosGeorgia Southern Universityarticleatmospheric science educationskill developmentscience literacycourse designassessment designTheory and practice of educationLB5-3640ENInternational Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vol 15, Iss 2 (2021)
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description	General education science courses strive to promote scientific literacy and the development of scientific process skills. However, research shows that many general education courses are still designed to stress content mastery. In this study, the number of topics in five semester-long introductory atmospheric science courses was reduced to increase time for the development of scientific process skills, a critical component of scientific literacy. The Atmospheric and Climate Science Literacy Frameworks and a general science education skills rubric were used to guide the course redesign and development of course activities. Details of the course structure and sample course activities are described. A pre-post-test was developed to evaluate attainment of five scientific process skills and the efficacy of the course redesign. Preliminary validity and reliability studies suggest that the majority of the assessment questions are reliable, though further validation of the assessment is required.
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title	Less is More: Course Redesign and the Development of an Atmospheric Science Process Skills Assessment
title_short	Less is More: Course Redesign and the Development of an Atmospheric Science Process Skills Assessment
title_full	Less is More: Course Redesign and the Development of an Atmospheric Science Process Skills Assessment
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Less is More: Course Redesign and the Development of an Atmospheric Science Process Skills Assessment

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