Loose Leaf Version for Exploring Physical Geography by Stephen Reynolds

Loose Leaf Version for Exploring Physical Geography by Stephen Reynolds

Stephen Reynolds, author of the highly successful>Exploring Geology, brings his ground-breaking, visually spectacular approach to>Exploring Physical Geography. Intended for an introductory geography course, such as Physical Geography, Reynolds> Exploring Physical Geography promotes inquiry and science as an active process. It encourages student curiosity and aims to activate existing student knowledge by posing the title of every two-page spread and every subsection as a question. In addition, questions are dispersed throughout the book. Integrated into the book are opportunities for students to observe patterns, features, and examples before the underlying concepts are explained. That is, we employ a>learning-cycle approach where student exploration precedes the introduction of geographic terms and the application of knowledge to a new situation.

Exploring Physical Geography introduces terms after students have an opportunity to observe the feature or concept that is being named. This approach is consistent with several educational philosophies, including a learning cycle and just-in-time teaching. Research on learning cycles shows that students are more likely to retain a term if they already have a mental image of the thing being named (Lawson, 2003). Also, the figure-based approach in this book allows terms to be introduced in their context rather than as a definition that is detached from a visual representation of the term. We introduce new terms in italics rather than in boldface, because boldfaced terms on a textbook page cause students to immediately focus mostly on the terms, rather than build an understanding of the concepts.

Featuring more than 2,500 photographs and illustration, Exploring Physical Geography engages students with strong visuals, unique two-page spreads, and>Before You Leave This Page objectives.

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ISBN 13	9780077648770
ISBN 10	0077648773
Titel	Loose Leaf Version for Exploring Physical Geography
Autor	Stephen Reynolds
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Verlag	McGraw-Hill Education
Erscheinungsjahr	2014-05-21
Seitenanzahl	696
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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