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物理-地质学教科书，将由一家商业出版商发行，该教科书的信息来自学习科学和教育学方面的研究。改革后的教材加强了图形和文本的整合，直接解决了常见的误解，并提供了一种更精简的方法，强调概念理解，最大限度地减少不必要的术语。评估计划是该项目的组成部分，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改提供基础。鉴于有机会改善学生在本科课程中最常教授的地球科学课程中的学习，改革后的教科书的潜在影响很大。

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.