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Download full textCaplan-Auerbach, Jacqueline – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2009
Many students view equations as a series of variables and operators into which numbers should be plugged rather than as representative of a physical process. To solve a problem they may simply look for an equation with the correct variables and assume it meets their needs, rather than selecting an equation that represents the appropriate physical…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Geophysics, Introductory Courses, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedRobertson, Douglas Frederick – School Science and Mathematics, 1992
Describes how college students enrolled in a course in elementary algebra apply graphing and algebra to data collected from a seismic profile to uncover the structure of a subterranean rock formation. Includes steps guiding the activity. (MDH)
Descriptors: Algebra, Enrichment Activities, Geology, Geophysics
