Abstract
Students and teachers of Physical Geography and Climatology often find that a great deal of repetitive practice is required for one to develop the skill to identify a given climate type when presented with monthly temperature and precipitation data (e.g., Fig. 1). Ideally, when observing standard climatic data, the student will have acquired some ability to locate a station in its proper hemisphere and locate it in a reasonably logical location. To do this one must be able to translate the temperature and precipitation data into an understanding of annual regimes of heat energy and moisture surplus, or deficit. A microcomputer-based drill tutorial software package has been developed to expose students to many climatic stations, and to provide an opportunity for them to work at their own pace. This tutorial augments classroom lectures by reducing the number of redundant examples presented in class, and providing more time for an emphasis upon the applications of climatic classification. More importantly, lectures can be structured to emphasize the patterns and problems of physical Geography related to the Earth's climate. Emphasis upon instruction of the climatic classification process is reduced to a minimum.
Recommended Citation
Lougeay, Ray and Miller, Tomas
(1986)
"An Automated World Climate Tutorial,"
The Geographical Bulletin: Vol. 28:
Iss.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/thegeographicalbulletin/vol28/iss1/3