A description of how a topical seminar can be structured to emphasize student exploration and discovery is provided. (DE)

The results of an experiment indicate that there are no differences in student achievement between a computer-assisted geography unit and a lecture based unit on the same topic. (DE)

The unit mastery learning system is a method of individualized, self-paced learning which, through repeatable testing, enables students to attain a mastery of the content of one unit before proceeding to the next in the program. This article describes the unit mastery learning system and its application in an introductory geography course at Hilo…

Outlines development and structure of a one-year college geography course focusing on women's role in geography. Content includes the division of labor by sex; demography of women; geographic perspective on women's role through the history of Western civilization; how women's role changes the face of the earth; women, politics, and environment;…

Describes development and content of a college research seminar about women and geography. Content included female spatial behavior, distributions of phenomena of special concern to women, women's modifications and perceptions of the landscape, and comparison of historical and contemporary roles of men and women. (AV)

Describes the geography component of a women's studies interdisciplinary program at Salem State College in Massachusetts. (AV)

Speculates on the role of geography education and its relationship to the women's movement. Describes innovative classroom strategies to generate more meaningful involvement by women students and to stimulate graduate students to develop research topics on the subject of women. (Author)

Relates the author's experience in trying to involve college students in geographic research on women and to suggest ways of making the experience more meaningful to the students. The course focused on the changing role of women, especially suburban women, in contemporary American society. (Author/AV)

Describes objectives, content, and teaching procedures of an introductory college-level urban geography course. Lectures, student papers, and role playing are designed to help students learn about central place theory, space economy, land use, and social geography. (Author/AV)

Discusses the advantages of lecturing directly from the pages of the school atlas (a compendium of maps) in order to integrate it into introductory world regional geography courses. The approach includes a self-study atlas exercise and classroom lectures based on the school atlas. (Author)

Describes an innovative college geography course. The course increased student awareness of common landscape phenomena and stimulated recognition and comprehension of landscape components and their linkages in space and time. An outline shows lecture-discussion topics and reading assignments. (Author/AV)

This paper presents a teaching module on the geographical aspects of war and peace for teachers who would like to incorporate these issues into their undergraduate courses but do not know where to begin, have limited preparatory time, or limited resources. Included is an extensive list of readings and audiovisual materials. (JDH)

Used to satisfy the communications requirement of an undergraduate core curriculum, this article provides a curricular rationale, course outline, behavioral objectives, teaching strategies, and modes of evaluation for a course on the language of maps. (JDH)

A humanistically oriented course of the geography of perception and behavior provides an understanding of people's perception and use of space as they interact with physical and cultural environments. A course rationale and outline are provided. A resource bibliography lists readings for each of the 14 topics in the course outline. (RM)

A distance perception survey was used to get college students enrolled in a human geography course involved and interested in the topic of perception. Students were asked to arrange 12 European capitals in sequence according to their distance from Amsterdam. Survey results are presented. (RM)