The Method of Multiple Working Hypotheses part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This essay describes the problems that can develop while working with multiple hypotheses and presents ideas for solving these problems. Topics discussed include premature theory development, the ...

How Can Universities Improve Schoolteachers in Math and Science? part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site presents the transcript of an May 26, 2005 online chat where Dr. Gordon A. Kingsley, an associate professor in the school of public policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, discussed ...

Geomorphology and the World Wide Web part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This paper examines the possibilities and risks involved in using technology and the World Wide Web to improve the teaching of geomorphology. It also addresses the potential of the web as a research ...

Earthquakes Online part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article examines the use of technology to augment science education at the middle and high school levels. Earthquake data was downloaded from the internet on a daily basis, plotted and tracked ...

Construction of Models to Promote Scientific Understanding part of SERC Print Resource Collection

Scrutiny of Undergraduate Geoscience Education: Is the Viability of the Geosciences in Jeopardy? part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This is the report of the AGU Chapman Conference on "Scrutiny of Undergraduate Geoscience Education." The conference yielded a series of observations and recommendations to help ...

Navajo Pedagogy and Earth Systems part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article in the Journal of Geoscience Education provides information on Navajo pedagogy and earth systems. Topics covered include the Navajo model of natural systems, application to the ...

Research Methodologies in Science Education - Assessing Students' Alternative Conceptions part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article in the Journal of Geoscience Education explores what some of the barriers are to achieving a higher level of student understanding in the geosciences. It discusses instructional ...

Probing Understanding in Physical Geology Using Concept Maps and Clinical Interviews part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article from the Journal of Geoscience Education features an assessment of the extent to which undergraduate students restructure their conceptual knowledge at progressively more sophisticated ...

Combining Stream Table Experiments, High-tech Particle Analysis, and the Web to Help Geomorphology Students Evaluate Landform Evolution part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article in the Journal of Geoscience Education features three sequential geomorphology labs that introduce students to concepts of landform evolution, hypothesis testing, and grain-size ...