Research-Informed Curricula: Creating and Evaluating a Cutting-Edge, Research-Based Physical Geology Textbook

该项目正在编写和评估一本介绍性的物理地质学教科书，由一家商业出版商发行，该教科书以学习科学和教育学的研究为基础。改革后的教科书加强了图形和文本的整合，直接解决了常见的误解，并提供了一个更精简的方法，强调概念理解，尽量减少不必要的术语。评估计划是该项目不可或缺的一部分，包括对材料与认知研究、学生情感和认知反应以及教师反馈的一致性进行独立评估，为开发过程中的测试和修订提供基础。考虑到有机会提高学生对本科课程中最常见的地球科学课程的学习，改革后的教科书的潜在影响是很高的。

This project is creating and evaluating an introductory physical-geology textbook, to be distributed by a commercial publisher, that is informed by research in the learning sciences and pedagogy. The reformed textbook includes stronger integration of figures and text, directly addresses common misconceptions, and provides a leaner approach that emphasizes conceptual understanding and minimizes nonessential terms. The assessment plan, which is integral to the project, includes independent evaluation of the alignment of the materials with cognitive research, student affective and cognitive response, and faculty feedback, providing a basis for testing and revision during development. The potential impact of the reformed textbook is high, given the opportunity to improve student learning in the most-commonly taught geoscience course in the undergraduate curriculum.