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Two-Year Community: Design and Components of a Two-Year College Interdisciplinary Field-Study Course

Journal of College Science Teaching—September/October 2013

The authors present an 11-day interdisciplinary field-study course designed for nonscience majors at a two-year college. Using a theoretical learning framework that emphasizes cognitive and metacognitive gains, the field study curriculum is designed to incorporate both geology and biology topics illustrating the cross-discipline nature of science education.

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