Abstract
Geophysical classes often include students with widely different experience in mathematics, physics and geology. This causes problems with both course content and assessment. At the University of Western Australia introductory geophysics courses, taken by many students with low levels of numeracy, concentrate on the principles behind the various geophysical methods, qualitative interpretation of geophysical data and the integration of geophysical and geological data sets. More advanced, optional, geophysics units (courses) are taken by students specialising in geology, physics and mathematical geophysics. In order not to discriminate against any one of these groups a range of assessment procedures are utilised. These include structured essay examination questions where the examinee can choose the weighting given to each part of the question, assignments which are sufficiently open that the student can attempt them within the framework of their particular knowledge, and seminar presentations where the mult...
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