| Summary |
The purpose of this study was to develop a field guide to serve as a resource to aid teachers in providing meaningful student investigations on field trips to the coast. The specific goal of this study was to develop a field guide of investigative lessons that: 1. can be infused into the North Carolina eighth grade earth science curriculum; 2. will aid teachers in conducting coastal field trips; 3. will provide teachers with strategies for leading students in studying factors that prevail in coastal habitats; 4. will reinforce earth science concepts appropriate to the grade level; 5.will reinforce marine science concepts appropriate to the grade level. The field guide was developed by reviewing the associated literature and collecting, modifying and adapting existing classroom and field investigations for studying the coastal environment. The evaluation of the field guide involved four steps: Trial testing with thirty-six eighth grade earth science students from Kitty Hawk Elementary School, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, during spring semester, 1981. Individual student evaluation of each lesson/activity in the 1. 2. field guide; 3. Lesson evaluations by Mr. Joe Dzwonek, eighth grade earth science teacher at Kitty Hawk Elementary school; 4. The evaluation by a panel of outside reviewers. The evaluation of the field guide was completed and appropriate changes were made in the lessons based on the evaluation results. |
| General note | "Presented to the faculty of the Department of Science Education ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in Education." |
| General note | Advisor: Carolyn H. Hampton |
| Dissertation note | M.A. East Carolina University 1981 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Thèses et écrits académiques. |
