Organizing a test question bank database (1973-2004) and corresponding English version: teaching of geosciences

• Grant number: 06/05731-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): December 01, 2006
• Effective date (End): November 30, 2007
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Education - Specific topics in Education
• Principal Investigator: Pedro Wagner Gonçalves
• Grantee: Sara Marques Putrino
• Host Institution: Instituto de Geociências (IG). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This Project is part of investigations and surveys for Research Programme on Formal Evaluation for Teaching of Geoscience. They have been done since 2001 in Institute of Geoscience (Campinas State University). This Research Programme aims to describe, examine and systematize the methodology of teaching used by curricular inovation for Teaching of Geoscience by means of questions of formal evaluation. This Proposal intends to ample the discussions by means of two complementary ways. Firstly, to develop the interchange with researchers of Education of Geoscience of other countries, these will be able to evaluate Brazilian questions and methodologies. Secondly, to organize a tool which may facilitate the communication between researchers, teachers and students of Geology.