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Here at UALR we use lab manuals in Physical and Historical Geology that we have written ourselves, but need desperately to update. We are thinking Google earth stuff for Arkansas and surrounding areas as a place to start. In our online labs we use a combination of exercises available on the web, and stuff that we constructed- a trade off between hands on and more computations and concepts. On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Frank Granshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > An individual response and question... > Like the past two respondents, we use the AGI-NAGT lab manual, though in > the past we've used Judson, Bonini, Rhodes, and Rossbacher. Of the two I > prefer the AGI-NAGT manual because it is more clearly written, visual, and > is not entirely paper and pencil activities. That being said, as someone > who originally came from physics education, I am constantly looking for lab > curriculum that is has a healthy combination of non-office work (e.g. field > activity, modeling, and lab work). > > Suggestions anyone? > Frank G. > > Frank D. Granshaw > Earth Science Instructor > Portland Community College > Sylvania Campus > Portland, OR > 503-977-8236 > > On Apr 27, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Van Norden, Wendy wrote: > > Another individual response- I use the same AGI-NAGT lab manual with my > honors geology high school students, As I use less and less of it, with more > and more materials being available over the web, I suspect that I will > eventually give up on what I think is the best general physical geology lab > manual. > > Wendy Van Norden > > Harvard-Westlake School > > > *From:* GEOEDUCATION RESEARCH INTEREST GROUP [ > mailto:[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>] *On > Behalf Of *Maureen Leshendok > *Sent:* Monday, April 27, 2009 10:07 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: question about laboratory manual usage > > > Maggie, > > This is not a study, but purely my individual response. I use the > Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology from Prentice Hall, edited by Richard > M. Busch, associated with NAGT and AGI, for a summer beginning lab course in > Geology at the University of Nevada Reno. While there are many excellent > web resources and even an accompanying CD, I teach a summer course that is > filled with non-majors, so the lab manual is concise, convenient, and most > important, it's in hand when the students come to class. With only 10 class > meetings, I use most but not all of the manual. I would love to construct a > course with web resources, given the right environment. > > --Maureen Leshendok > > *Maureen Leshendok* > *Reference Department* > *Elizabeth Sturm Library* > *Truckee Meadows Community College* > *775-674-7602* > > >>> Maggie Benoit <[log in to unmask]> 4/27/2009 7:52 AM >>> > Hi, > > I am trying to get an idea what role the commercially available lab manuals > play in driving undergraduate instruction. I've been poking around on > different databases, but I can't find any literature on this. Some of the > information I'm looking for involves: What % of institutions rely on these > manuals for their introductory geology course laboratory instruction, and > are there any studies regarding the efficacy of these manuals? Does anyone > know of any papers that would be helpful? > > I'm planning on calling publishers and asking them for some statistics > (who knows if they are believable or not), but I was hoping there might be > some scholarly work on this topic. > > I appreciate any insight that you would have on this... I'm kind of new > to the geoscience education realm. > > Thank you for any help you can offer, > Maggie Benoit > > -- > Margaret H. Benoit > Assistant Professor of Physics > The College of New Jersey > Science Complex P-113 > Ewing, NJ 08628 > 609-771-2237 > > > > > > > > -- Wm. Jay Sims, PG UALR Earth Sciences 501-371-7613 In this house, we OBEY the laws of thermodynamics!- Homer Simpson