{"product_id":"exploring-physical-geography-9780078095160","title":"Exploring Physical Geography","description":"\u003cp\u003eStephen Reynolds  author of the highly successful Exploring Geology  brings his ground-breaking  visually spectacular approach to Exploring Physical Geography. Intended for an introductory geography course  such as Physical Geography  Reynolds Exploring Physical Geography promotes inquiry and science as an active process. It encourages student curiosity and aims to activate existing student knowledge by posing the title of every two-page spread and every subsection as a question. In addition  questions are dispersed throughout the book. Integrated into the book are opportunities for students to observe patterns  features  and examples before the underlying concepts are explained. That is  we employ a learning-cycle approach where student exploration precedes the introduction of geographic terms and the application of knowledge to a new situation. Exploring Physical Geography introduces terms after students have an opportunity to observe the feature or concept that is being named. This approach is consistent with several educational philosophies  including a learning cycle and just-in-time teaching. Research on learning cycles shows that students are more likely to retain a term if they already have a mental image of the thing being named (Lawson  2003). Also  the figure-based approach in this book allows terms to be introduced in their context rather than as a definition that is detached from a visual representation of the term. We introduce new terms in italics rather than in boldface  because boldfaced terms on a textbook page cause students to immediately focus mostly on the terms  rather than build an understanding of the concepts. Featuring more than 2 500 photographs and illustration  Exploring Physical Geography engages students with strong visuals  unique two-page spreads  and Before You Leave This Page objectives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651376144437,"sku":"ByrdShop_0078095166","price":104.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780078095160.jpg?v=1781834243","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/exploring-physical-geography-9780078095160","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}