Assessment of a Weather Forecasting Contest in Multi-Leveled Meteorology Classes From: Journal of Geoscience Education | Date: March 1, 2008| Author: Hilliker, Joby | Copyright National Association of Geoscience Teachers Mar 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

ABSTRACT

This study assesses an extra-credit weather forecasting contest offered in three different introductory meteorology courses, each consisting of a different student population: general education (Gen. Ed.) students, geology majors, and graduate students. Five semesters of data were collected, amounting to 15 Gen. Ed. sections (423 students), three majors sections (66 students), and one graduate class (16 students).

Student participation in this optional contest is depend...