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物理地质学入门教科书，由商业出版商发行，该教科书参考了学习科学和教育学方面的研究。改革后的教科书包括更强的数字和文字的整合，直接解决常见的误解，并提供了一个更精简的方法，强调概念的理解，并尽量减少不必要的术语。评估计划，这是不可或缺的项目，包括独立评估的材料与认知研究，学生的情感和认知反应，教师的反馈，在开发过程中提供测试和修订的基础。改革后的教科书的潜在影响是高的，有机会提高学生在本科课程中最常见的教授地球科学课程的学习。

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.