Proposal for “Interactive Carbonate Petrology Tutorial”

Suk-Joo ChohPh.D. Candidate

Department of Geological Sciences

The University of Texas at Austin

GRS f390JSummer 2003

• Better understanding and preparation for US Higher Education job market

• How to effectively write persuasive grant proposal (build upon previous failures and successes)

• How to effectively break down the teaching and learning elements of petrography

• Bloom’s taxonomy– Cognitive domain

– Psychomotor domain

– Affective domain

• Sequencing of cognitive development– Individual grain ID

– Relating ID to significance

– Develop expert knowledge

What I expected and got from this course

Challenge of Teaching Carbonate Rocks

Salem Limestone from Indiana (~ 200 m.y. old)

Challenge of Teaching Carbonate Rocks

1 mm

Salem Limestone from Indiana (~ 200 m.y. old)

Challenge of Teaching Carbonate Rocks

1 mm

Salem Limestone from Indiana (~ 200 m.y. old)

• Better understanding and preparation for US Higher Education job market

• How to effectively write persuasive grant proposal (build upon previous failures and successes)

• How to effectively break down the teaching and learning elements of petrography

• Bloom’s taxonomy– Cognitive domain

– Psychomotor domain

– Affective domain

• Sequencing of cognitive development– Individual grain ID

– Relating ID to significance

– Develop expert knowledge

What I expected and got from this course

• Targeted for use in laboratory portion of upper level geology courses

• Providing hundreds of interactive virtual specimens with exemplary observations and interpretations

• Strategically designed quiz modules for measuring cognitive development

• Will potentially impact larger audiences taking lower level geology courses, Earth Science, and Environmental Science courses in smaller schools

Greater Learning Efficiency Through Interactive Digital Image Presentation

How birds see the world (Larson, 1984).