Field trip as a tool to motivate students to learn Geoscience subject

Some of the Petroleum Engineering students viewed Geoscience subject as not important in their study. However, this subject becomes significant when they have to apply Geoscience knowledge in other subjects such as drilling and well logging. Due to this, it is quite hard to maintain the interest and...

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Main Authors: Hasan, M.L., Embong, A.M., Mohamed, M.A.
Format: Article
Published: American Scientific Publishers 2017
Online Access:https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85032214287&doi=10.1166%2fasl.2017.9522&partnerID=40&md5=0eecf5bcd7dbb7e4463d26f06820769b
http://eprints.utp.edu.my/19407/
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Summary:Some of the Petroleum Engineering students viewed Geoscience subject as not important in their study. However, this subject becomes significant when they have to apply Geoscience knowledge in other subjects such as drilling and well logging. Due to this, it is quite hard to maintain the interest and motivate the students to love Geoscience subject. A field trip was chosen as a tool to motivate and enhance students’ understanding regarding this subject. This paper evaluates the impact of field trip to motivate Petroleum Engineering students to learn Geoscience. The quantitative analyses were done based on surveys. Four elements to maintain and boost students’ motivation to learn: content, method/process, instructor/lecturer, environment were studied. Results show positive responses from the students after the field trip. © 2017 American Scientific Publishers. All rights reserved.