Carol Ormand
Science Education and Research Associate
Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College
507-222-4948; cormand@carleton.edu
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What I Did
Overview
My work at SERC had several components, each of which supported SERC's overall mission: improving education in the geosciences and beyond, particularly at the college and university level. These components were:
- Conducting research on learning in the undergraduate science classroom;
- Faculty professional development;
- Developing curricular materials that incorporate what we know from research on learning; and
- Evaluating geoscience education research projects.
I retired from SERC on September 2, 2022.
Research on Learning
Since 2008, I was involved in research on learning in the geosciences. My most recent focus in this realm is on proven strategies for improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM. I hope you will read and share our open access article about Making Departments Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive, published in the Journal of Geoscience Education in 2021.
My research on learning began with a focus on spatial thinking. This led to some exciting opportunities, including leading a workshop on Supporting Spatial Thinking at the 2018 Earth Educators' Rendezvous; co-leading a workshop with Eric Riggs on Spatial Reasoning in the Geosciences at the 2016 Earth Educators' Rendezvous; co-convening the 2013 Hedberg Conference on 3D Structural Geologic Interpretation; and co-convening the 2012 On the Cutting Edge Spatial Thinking Journal Club. In 2014, our article on Evaluating Geoscience Students' Spatial Thinking Skills in a Multi-Institutional Classroom Study was the Journal of Geoscience Education's paper of the year.
GET Spatial Learning Network
The
Geoscience Education Transdisciplinary Spatial Learning Network is a collaboration of cognitive psychologists, education researchers, and geoscience educators working to develop educational tools that can help students, across classroom and field settings, to better understand and build upon historically difficult geoscience concepts. We expect that this research will improve retention and learning in geosciences, and will also inform efforts to improve learning in the other Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) domains that require spatial thinking.
Spatial Thinking Workbook
I was the lead PI on the
Spatial Thinking Workbook project (with co-PIs
Basil Tikoff and
Tim Shipley). Working with geoscience faculty members and a team of cognitive scientists, we developed a suite of curricular materials to improve spatial thinking skills in upper-level undergraduate geoscience courses.
SILC: the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center
Basil, Tim and I were also involved in research through
SILC (the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center). For this project, we focused on investigating the breadth of spatial thinking skills and characterizing their development in individuals ranging from novices to experts. This led to developing two instruments for assessing geoscience students' spatial thinking skills: the Geologic Block Cross-sectioning Test and the Crystal Slicing Test.
Faculty Professional Development
The work I did in faculty professional development included managing faculty PD projects; co-convening and co-leading workshops; and building websites to support faculty in adopting evidence-based practices in teaching.
SAGE 2YC: Faculty as Change Agents
SAGE 2YC: Supporting and Advancing Geoscience Education in Two-Year Colleges laid the groundwork for the
SAGE 2YC: Faculty as Change Agents project. Two-year colleges (2YCs) play crucial roles in meeting the nation's geoscience and STEM workforce needs and in increasing public scientific literacy. 2YCs enroll over 45% of all U.S. undergraduates and serve a large number of women, minority, and first-generation college students. In addition, the 2YC teaching environment is one of the most challenging as community colleges are primarily open-access intuitions that serve an extremely diverse student body; teaching loads are heavy; there is an increasing use of adjunct faculty; and there is limited support for participation in professional development activities, widely recognized as the source for many critical improvements for improving student learning. The SAGE 2YC project made an impact in this important area by building a national network of self-sustaining local communities of 2YC geoscience faculty and administrators who use evidence-based strategies to improve all students' academic success, broaden participation, and facilitate students' professional pathways into the STEM workforce. I was the project manager.
Building Strong Geoscience Departments
I was a co-PI on the
Building Strong Geoscience Departments project. My responsibilities included developing our
online collections of resources and facilitating the associated
workshops.
On the Cutting Edge
I started working for SERC in the fall of 2005. I had been a visiting assistant professor at a couple of small liberal arts colleges for the previous five years, so I was well-prepared for my first assignment: developing websites of resources for
Early Career Faculty in the Geosciences and for graduate students and postdocs
Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences. Other websites I've developed for this project include the
Role of Metacognition in Learning, Developing Student Understanding of
Complex Systems in the Geosciences, Teaching About
Rates and Time, and
Spatial Thinking in the Geosciences. I also helped facilitate the associated
Cutting Edge workshops. In particular, I have supported the
On the Cutting Edge annual workshops for
Early Career Faculty in the Geosciences and for graduate students and postdocs
Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences many times. I also helped facilitate several of the topical workshops and online journal clubs, and co-convened some of the topical workshops.
Curriculum Development
I have served as a consultant for several curriculum development projects. I enjoyed helping instructors design effective and engaging curricular materials.
IGUaNA: Introducing Geophysics for Urban and Near-surface Applications
The
IGUaNA project team is in the process of developing teaching materials for introductory-level undergraduate geophysics courses. These materials will feature the applications of geophysical techniques to societally-relevant, real-world problems. The project team brings deep expertise in geophysics content and pedagogy to the development of the project materials. Each of the course modules will be peer-reviewed, tested in undergraduate classrooms, revised, and then shared via the project website.
IODP 2020 School of Rock
The
IODP School of Rock moved online in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A cohort of K-12 teachers from across the US learned about the
2050 Framework for Scientific Ocean Drilling, which will guide the next 30 years of ocean drilling research. The teachers then developed
curricular materials for their students based on cutting edge scientific questions and data collected by ocean drilling expeditions.
WILSIM-GC: Web-based Interactive Simulation Model of the Grand Canyon
WILSIM-GC is an interactive computer simulation designed to help undergraduate students understand and visualize the geologic processes that interacted to form the Grand Canyon over the past 10 million years. I built the project website and helped develop the inquiry-based curricular materials that accompany the model.
Neotoma
Neotoma is a Paleoecology Database. I organized and facilitated a workshop to develop teaching activities that use the database to understand the effects of climate change on plant and animal distributions.
Evaluating Geoscience Education Research
Field based professional development for Environmental-STEM (ESTEM) undergraduates
E-STEM reimagined the traditional geology field course as a professional development experience to address the emergence of new "environmental" geoscience tracks at many 4YCUs. Existing STEM retention and diversity programs have recognized access to field and professional experiences as critical to helping students identify as scientists, form networks, and gain important skills necessary for employment in a variety of public and private sectors. This project engaged a diverse cohort of Environmental-STEM (ESTEM) track undergraduates at 4-year colleges and universities (4YCUs) and community colleges (2YCs) in hands-on, career-applicable experiences. My role was to oversee the collection and analysis of the data that allowed us to measure the success of the project in achieving these goals.
Employment History
Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, 2005-2022
Visiting Assistant Professor, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH, 2002-2005
Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI, 2000-2002
Graduate Assistant, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1992-2000
Adjunct Instructor, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, 1997
Education
Ph. D. in Structural Geology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2000
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics
B. A. in Mathematics, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, 1989
- Graduated Cum Laude; Member, Sigma Xi (Scientific Honor Society)
Publications and Presentations
Geoscience Education
2022
Presentations
- Carlson, Ashley, Maureen Kahn, Monica Bruckner, Sean Fox, Mahdi Mohamed, and Carol J. Ormand (2022). SERC Support for Creating Accessible Earth Education Resources. Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Minneapolis, MN).
- Homola, Kira, Sharon K. Cooper, Carol Cotterill, Don Haas, Adriane Renee Lam, Jonathan C. Lewis, Richard D. Norris, Suzanne OConnell, Carol J. Ormand, Mitchell D. Schulte, Kristen K. St. John, Lisa D. White, and Randi Wold-Brennon (2022). Envisioning the future of communicating scientific ocean drilling: Insights from Summer 2021 IMPACT Workshops. Ocean Sciences Meeting (Online).
- Houlton, Heather, Danielle Sumy, Joyce Smith, and Carol J. Ormand (2022). Using Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) By Design for an Online Careers Module to Recruit Undergraduate Students into the Geoscience Workforce: : Geological Society of America (Denver, CO).
- Ormand, Carol J., Sarah Kruse, Andrew Parsekian, Lee Slater, Danielle Sumy, John Taber, Tonian Robinson, and Christine Downs (2022). IGUaNA: Introducing Geophysics for Urban and Near-surface Applications (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 10.3MB Aug30 22). Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Minneapolis, MN).
- Thompson, Joshua, Lee Slater, and Carol J. Ormand (2022). Investigating Vegetation Patterns in an Urban Wetland Using Electrical Resistivity. Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Minneapolis, MN).
2021
Publications
Presentations
- Cooper, Sharon K., Carol Cotterill, Don Haas, Lisa D. White, Kira Homola, Adriane Renee Lam, Jonathan C. Lewis, Richard D. Norris, Suzanne OConnell, Carol J. Ormand, Mitchell D. Schulte, Kristen K. St. John, and Randi Wold-Brennon (2021). The IODP IMPACT workshop series: envisioning the future for communicating scientific ocean drilling: American Geophysical Union annual fall meeting (New Orleans, LA).
- Guertin, Laura, Kristie Bradford, Hillary Goodner, Karen Helgers, Beth A. Johnson, Megan Jones, Kaatje Kraft, Karen Layou, Carol J. Ormand, Waverly Ray, Daina Hardisty, and Elizabeth Nagy (2021). Report on Unlearning Racism in Geoscience from the 2YC URGE Pod: Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Online).
- Guertin, Laura, Carol J. Ormand, Beth A. Johnson, Elizabeth Nagy, Karen Helgers, Katrien J. van der Hoeven Kraft, and Karen M. Layou (2021). Attracting, Supporting, and Preparing BIPOC Students for Early Success in Geoscience: Policies, Curricular Materials, and Other Resources from the 2YC URGE Pod: Geological Society of America (Portland, OR). Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol 53, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-364366
- Guertin, Laura, Kaatje van der Hoeven Kraft, Elizabeth Ann Nagy-Shadman, Carol J. Ormand, Beth A. Johnson, and Karen Layou (2021). Unlearning Racism in Geoscience at 2YCs: Curricular Resources, Policies, and More from the 2YC URGE Pod: American Geophysical Union annual fall meeting (New Orleans, LA).
- Kruse, Sarah, Carol J. Ormand, Andrew D. Parsekian, Lee Slater, Danielle F. Sumy, and John Taber (2021). Using Geophysics to Address Societally-Relevant, Urban and Environmental Questions in Introductory-Level Geoscience Courses: GAGE/SAGE (UNAVCO/IRIS) workshop (Online).
- Ormand, Carol J., Sarah Kruse, Andrew D. Parsekian, Lee Slater, Danielle F. Sumy, and John Taber (2021). Making Geoscience Relevant: Using Geophysics to Address Societally-Relevant, Urban and Environmental Questions in Introductory-level Geoscience Courses: Geological Society of America (Portland, OR). Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol 53, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-369508
- Parsekian, AD, H. Houlton, S. Kruse, C. Ormand, L. Slater, D. Sumy, J. Taber (2021). Implementing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Best Practices to Design Introductory Undergraduate Modules for Increasing Participation from Students of All Backgrounds into Geophysics. Seismological Society of America, April 21 2021 (Online).
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2020
Presentations
- Baer, Eric M. D., R. Heather Macdonald, Pamela Eddy, John R. McDaris, Kristin O'Connell, and Carol J. Ormand (2020). Virtual Professional Development for STEM Faculty: Promoting Change While Supporting Faculty During the COVID-19 Crisis: Geological Society of America (Online).
- Barshi, Naomi, Jonathan Ham, Kathryn M. Bateman, Basil Tikoff, Thomas F. Shipley, and Carol J. Ormand (2020). Modeling 3D Structures with Playdough Enhances Spatial Thinking Skills: Geological Society of America (Online).
- Barshi, Naomi, Jonathan Ham, Kathryn M. Bateman, Basil Tikoff, Carol J. Ormand, and Thomas F. Shipley (2020). Does using playdough help students think in three dimensions? A quantitative analysis in an undergraduate geoscience course: Learning Sciences Graduate Student Conference (UW-Madison, Online).
- McDaris, John R., Eric M. D. Baer, R. Heather Macdonald, and Carol J. Ormand (2020). Supporting Student Success at Multiple Scales: Lessons on Promoting Change from SAGE 2YC Change Agents: Geological Society of America (Online).
- Ormand, Carol J., R. Heather Macdonald, Eric M. D. Baer, Norlene Emerson, Jan Hodder, John R. McDaris, and Kristin O'Connell (2020). Engaging your faculty colleagues in evidence-based practices using SAGE 2YC resources: Book clubs, journal clubs, and implementation groups: Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Online).
- Walker, Becca, Sarah R. Hall, Calla M. Schmidt, John R. Paul, Carol J. Ormand, and Ellen R. Iverson (2020). Reimagining a Traditional Geology Field Course: Program Elements and Impacts of an Environmental Field and Career Preparation Program for Undergraduates at 2-Year and 4-Year Institutions: Geological Society of America (Online).
2019
Publications
- Luo, Wei, Thomas J. Smith, Kyle Whalley, Andrew Darling, Carol Ormand, Wei-Chen Hung, Jui-Ling Chiang, Jon Pelletier, and Kirk Duffin. Earth surface modeling for education: How effective is it? Four semesters of classroom tests with WILSIM-GC. British Journal of Educational Technology, v. 50, n.3, pp. 1462-1481. doi: 10.1111/bjet.12653.
- Macdonald, R. Heather, Rachel J. Beane, Eric M. D. Baer, Pamela L. Eddy, Norlene R. Emerson, Jan Hodder, Ellen R. Iverson, John R. McDaris, Kristin O'Connell, and Carol J. Ormand. Accelerating Change: The Power of Faculty Change Agents to Promote Diversity and Inclusive Teaching Practices. Journal of Geoscience Education. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10899995.2019.1624679.
Presentations
- Baer, Eric M.D., Robert H. Blodgett, Norlene R. Emerson, Jan Hodder, Ellen Iverson, John R. McDaris, R. Heather Macdonald, and Carol J. Ormand (2019). SAGE 2YC Regional Workshops: Disseminating Educational Practices, Developing Leadership, and Building Communities: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Phoenix, AZ). See abstract.
- Dutrow, Barbara L. and Carol J Ormand. (2019). The Complexity of Teaching Mineralogy: 3-D Visualization and Spatial Skills (Invited Presentation): Geological Society of America annual meeting (Phoenix, AZ). See abstract.
- Hodder, Jan, R. Heather Macdonald, Eric Baer, Rachel Beane, Debra Bragg, Norlene Emerson, Ellen Iverson, John McDaris, Kristin O'Connell, Carol J. Ormand (2019). Engaging Two-year Geoscience College Faculty to Promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: The SAGE 2YC Project (Acrobat (PDF) 2.4MB Feb27 19): Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography meeting (Puerto Rico).
- Iverson, Ellen, Debra Bragg, Pamela Eddy, Kristin O'Connell, R. Heather Macdonald, Eric M.D. Baer, Norlene R. Emerson, Jan Hodder, John R. McDaris, and Carol J. Ormand (2019). The Influence of SAGE 2YC Professional Development on Teaching, Leadership, and Campus and Regional Dissemination: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Phoenix, AZ). See abstract.
- McDaris, John, Eric Baer, Norlene Emerson, Jan Hodder, R. Heather Macdonald, and Carol J. Ormand (2019). Synthesizing lessons for creating change in faculty, programs, institutions, and regional networks: SAGE 2YC Faculty as Change Agents: Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Nashville, TN). See abstract.
- McDaris, John R., R. Heather Macdonald, Carol J. Ormand, Ellen R. Iverson, Eric M.D. Baer, and Jan Hodder (2019). Increasing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Two-Year College Geoscience: Lessons Learned from the SAGE 2YC Project: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (San Francisco, CA). See abstract.
- Ormand, Carol J., John McDaris, R. Heather Macdonald, Eric Baer, Norlene Emerson, and Jan Hodder (2019). SAGE 2YC Materials for Faculty Professional Development Workshops: Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Nashville, TN). See abstract.
- Ormand, Carol J., R. Heather Macdonald, John R. McDaris, Jan Hodder, Eric M.D. Baer, and Norlene R. Emerson (2019). SAGE 2YC Virtual Professional Development for Geoscience Faculty in Two-Year Colleges: Engaging Faculty in Exploration of Evidence-Based Practices: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Phoenix, AZ). See abstract.
- Orr, Cailin Huyck, Sean P. Fox, and Carol J. Ormand (2019). Teach the Earth: Portal for Geoscience Education Resources (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 2.1MB Feb5 19): Geoscience Alliance meeting (Phoenix, AZ).
2018
Publications
- Gold, Anne U., Philip M. Pendergast, Carol J. Ormand, David A. Budd, Jennifer A. Stempien, Karl J. Mueller, and Katherine A. Kravitz (2018). Spatial Skills in Undergraduate Students -- Influence of gender, motivation, academic training, and childhood play. Geosphere, v. 14, n. 2, pp. 668–683, doi:10.1130/GES01494.1.
- Gold, Anne U., Philip M. Pendergast, Carol J. Ormand, David A. Budd, and Karl J. Mueller. Improving Spatial Thinking Skills among Undergraduate Geology Students through short online Training Exercises. International Journal of Science Education, DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2018.1525621.
- Goring, Simon James, Russell Graham, Shane Loeffler, Amy Myrbo, James S. Oliver III, Carol J. Ormand, and John W. Williams (2018). The Neotoma Paleoecology Database: A Research-Outreach Nexus (Elements of Paleontology). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108681582.
Presentations
- Awalt, Mitchell, Lisa Kempler, and Carol J. Ormand (2018). Using MATLAB to Teach Computational and Quantitative Thinking Skills in STEM Courses: Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Lawrence, KS). See abstract.
- Iverson, Ellen, R. Heather Macdonald, Eric M. D. Baer, Debra Bragg, Pamela Eddy, Norlene R. Emerson, Jan Hodder, John R. McDaris, Kristin O'Connell, and Carol J. Ormand (2018). Building a Community of Practice Among Geoscience Two-Year College Faculty: A Framework to Support Individual Learning and Collective Change: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Indianapolis, IN). See abstract.
- Macdonald, R. Heather, Eric M. D. Baer, Rachel J. Beane, Debra Bragg, Norlene R. Emerson, Jan Hodder, Ellen Iverson, John R. McDaris, Kristin O'Connell, and Carol J. Ormand (2018). Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Engaging SAGE 2YC Faculty to Transform Geoscience in Two-Year Colleges: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Indianapolis, IN). See abstract.
- Macdonald, R. Heather, Eric M. D. Baer, Debra Bragg, Pamela Eddy, Norlene R. Emerson, Jan Hodder, Ellen Iverson, John R. McDaris, Kristin O'Connell, and Carol J. Ormand (2018). Catalyzing Inclusive Education Practices in Two-Year College Geoscience Programs and Departments: SAGE 2YC and Faculty Change Agents: American Geophysical Union annual fall meeting (Washington, DC).
- McDaris, John, Carol J. Ormand, Eric Baer, Jan Hodder, R. Heather Macdonald, and Norlene Emerson (2018). SAGE 2YC: Sustaining Faculty Learning: Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Lawrence, KS). See abstract.
- Ormand, Carol J., R. Heather Macdonald, Eric M. D. Baer, Rachel J. Beane, Jan Hodder, John R. McDaris, and Kristin O'Connell (2018). Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: SAGE 2YC Resources for the Geoscience Community (Acrobat (PDF) 6.8MB Nov9 18): Geological Society of America annual meeting (Indianapolis, IN). See abstract.
2017
Publications
- Gagnier, Kristin Michod, Kinnari Atit, Carol J. Ormand, and Thomas F. Shipley (2017). Comprehending Diagrams: Sketching to Support Spatial Reasoning. Topics in Cognitive Science, v.9, n. 4, pp. 883–901.
- Garnier, Bridget, Maria Chang, Carol J. Ormand, Bryan Matlen, Basil Tikoff, and Thomas F. Shipley (2017). Promoting Sketching in Introductory Geoscience Courses: CogSketch Geoscience Worksheets. Topics in Cognitive Science, v. 9, n. 4, pp. 943–969.
- Ormand, Carol J., Thomas F. Shipley, Basil Tikoff, Barbara Dutrow, Laurel Goodwin, Thomas A. Hickson, Kinnari Atit, Kristin Michod Gagnier, and Ilyse Resnick (2017). The Spatial Thinking Workbook: A Research-Validated Spatial Skills Curriculum for Geology Majors. Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 65, n. 4, pp. 423-434.
Presentations
- Beane, Rachel J., R. Heather Macdonald, Richelle M. Allen-King, Tessa M. Hill, Carol J. Ormand, Sarah Penniston-Dorland, Barbara J. Tewksbury, and Richard F. Yuretich (2017). Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing One's Career: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Seattle, WA). See abstract.
- Baer, Eric M. D., Robert H. Blodgett, Norlene R. Emerson, Jan Hodder, John R. McDaris, Heather Macdonald, Carol J. Ormand (2017). Adapting and Extending the On the Cutting Edge Model of Professional Development to Bring Workshops to Two-Year College Faculty: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Seattle, WA). See abstract.
- Dutrow, Barbara L. and Carol J. Ormand (2017). Developing Spatial and Penetrative Thinking Skills Through Technology: Goldschmidt Conference (Paris, France). See abstract.
- Iverson, Ellen, John McDaris, Carol Ormand, and R. Heather Macdonald (2017). Supporting and Advancing Geoscience Education in Two-Year Colleges (SAGE 2YC): Building a Foundation for Change through a Network of Regional Communities of Practice: Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Albuquerque, NM). See abstract.
- LeMay, Lynsey E., Robyn Wright Dunbar, Sue C. Ebanks, Lisa A. Gilbert, R. Heather Macdonald, Carol J. Ormand, Catherine Riihimaki, Gary S. Weissmann (2017). Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences Workshop: A Success of the On the Cutting Edge Program: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Seattle, WA). See abstract.
- Macdonald, R. Heather, Eric M. D. Baer, Debra Bragg, Pamela Eddy, Norlene R. Emerson, Yi Hao, Jan Hodder, Ellen Iverson, John R. McDaris, and Carol J. Ormand (2017). Student Success in Geoscience: A SAGE 2YC Perspective: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Seattle, WA). See abstract.
- Macdonald, R. Heather, Cathryn A. Manduca, Rachel J. Beane, Diane Doser, Sue Ebanks, Jan Hodder, John R. McDaris, and Carol J. Ormand (2017). Diversifying Geoscience by Preparing Faculty as Workshop Leaders to Promote Inclusive Teaching and Inclusive Geoscience Departments: American Geophysical Union annual fall meeting (New Orleans, LA).
- McDaris, John R., Eric M. D. Baer, R. Heather Macdonald, Carol J. Ormand, Jan Hodder, Norlene R. Emerson (2017). The SAGE 2YC Website: Updated Content to Support 2YC Faculty as Agents of Change: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Seattle, WA). See abstract.
- Ormand, Carol J., Eric M. D. Baer, Debra Bragg, Pamela Eddy, Norlene R. Emerson, Yi Hao, Jan Hodder, Ellen Iverson, and R. Heather Macdonald (2017). The Inventory of Educational Practices and the Inventory of Geoscience Department and Program Practices: Two New Instruments in Development from the SAGE 2YC Project: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Seattle, WA). See abstract.
- Petcovic, Heather L., Laura Tinigin, Allen Pope, Natalie Bursztyn, Carol J. Ormand, and Nicole LaDue (2017). PIXELS: How Classroom-Based and Field-Based Learning Impact Students' Sense of Scale and Understanding of Remote Sensing Imagery: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Seattle, WA). See abstract.
2016
Publications
- Gagnier, Kristin Michod, Thomas F. Shipley, Basil Tikoff, Carol J. Ormand, Kinnari Atit, Ilyse Resnick, and Bridget Garnier (2016). Training Spatial Skills in Geosciences: A Review of Tests and Tools. AAPG Memoir 111: 3-D Structural Interpretation: Earth, Mind, and Machine.
- Krantz, Robert W., Carol J. Ormand, and Brett Freeman, eds. (2016). AAPG Memoir 111: 3-D Structural Interpretation: Earth, Mind, and Machine.
- Krantz, Robert W., Carol J. Ormand, and Brett Freeman (2016). Earth, Mind, and Machine: a Summary of the 2013 AAPG Hedberg Conference on 3D Structural Interpretation.
- Luo, Wei, Jon Pelletier, Kirk Duffin, Carol Ormand, Wei-chen Hung, David J. Shernoff, Xiaoming Zhai, Ellen Iverson, Kyle Whalley, Courtney Gallaher, and Walter Furness (2016). Advantages of computer simulation in enhancing students' learning about landform evolution: A case study using the Grand Canyon. Journal of Geoscience Education: v. 64, n. 1, pp. 60-73.
- Petcovic, Heather L., Carol J. Ormand, and Robert W. Krantz (2016). Earth, Mind, and Paper: Field Sketches as Expert Representations of the Hat Creek Fault Zone. AAPG Memoir 111: 3-D Structural Interpretation: Earth, Mind, and Machine.
Presentations
- Atkins, Rachel M., Karen S. McNeal, Carol J. Ormand, and Thomas F. Shipley (2016). Student Visual Navigation of Geologic Block Diagrams: Implications for Teaching Spatial Skills in the Undergraduate Classroom: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Denver, CO). See abstract.
- Atit, Kinnari, Carol J. Ormand, Thomas F. Shipley, Basil Tikoff, Barbara Dutrow, Laurel Goodwin, Thomas A. Hickson, Kristin Michod Gagnier, and Ilyse Resnick (2016). Does context matter? Investigating the improvement of domain-general vs. domain-specific spatial skills in upper level geology courses: Spatial Cognition conference (Philadelphia, PA).
- Baer, Eric M.D., Norlene R. Emerson, Jan Hodder, R. Heather Macdonald, John R. McDaris, and Carol J. Ormand (2016). Community College Geoscience Faculty as Change Agents: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Denver, CO). See abstract.
- Emerson, Norlene R., Eric M.D. Baer, R. Heather Macdonald, Carol J. Ormand, Karen M. Layou, and Jan Hodder (2016). Supporting Geoscience Students Through the 2YC to 4YCU Transfer Process: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Denver, CO). See abstract.
- Garnier, Bridget C., Maria Chang, Carol J. Ormand, Basil Tikoff, and Thomas F. Shipley (2016). CogSketch worksheets: Promoting sketching in the geosciences with interactive technology: Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Madison, WI). See abstract.
- Garnier, Bridget C., Maria D. Chang, Carol J. Ormand, Bryan Matlen, Thomas F. Shipley, and Basil Tikoff (2016). Promoting Sketching in Introductory Geoscience Courses: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Designing and Developing CogSketch Geoscience Worksheets: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Denver, CO). See abstract.
- Gold, Anne, Philip Pendergast, Jennifer Stempien, and Carol Ormand (2016). The Importance of Spatial Reasoning Skills in Undergraduate Geology Students and the Effect of Weekly Spatial Skill Trainings: European Geosciences Union General Assembly (Vienna, Austria). See abstract.
- Gold, Anne U., Philip Pendergast, Carol J. Ormand, David Budd, Karl Mueller, and Katherine Kravitz (2016). The Importance of Spatial Reasoning Skills in Undergraduate Geology Students and the Effect of Weekly Spatial Skill Trainings - With a Specific Focus on the Gender Gap: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Denver, CO). See abstract.
- Krantz, Bob, Carol J. Ormand, and Brett Freeman (2016). Learning From the 2013 3-D Interpretation AAPG Hedberg Conference: How Geoscientists See 3-D: AAPG Annual Convention (Calgary, Alberta, Canada).
Geologists as a group have and use above-average spatial thinking skills to interpret and communicate complex geologic structures. Interpretation challenges, especially with petroleum industry subsurface targets, come from abundant but still ambiguous data volumes, challenging geologic forms, powerful but difficult-to-learn software, and under-prepared staff.
In June of 2013, 70 participants met in Reno to discuss these and related issues, and to explore how spatial cognitive science can help us better understand and develop geologic interpretation skills, software tools, and education strategies. Industry interpreters and trainers, academic structural geologists, software developers, and cognitive scientists brought complementary perspectives to three days of presentations, posters, and discussions, plus a field day with interactive interpretation modules. This Hedberg conference provided new shared insights to the interpretation process, ideas for improving skill development, and abundant opportunities for further collaboration.
In 2016 AAPG will publish a special volume based on the Hedberg conference, with contributions from 20 conference participants and other co-authors. The volume provides a uniquely broad range of perspectives on 3D geologic interpretation with sections that focus on (1) spatial thinking, geologic cognition, and visualization, (2) subsurface geologic interpretation, (3) fault systems in 3D and 4D, and (4) geologic interpretation training. In addition to summarizing and expanding on material presented during the Hedberg, the volume presents results from research conducted at the conference.
Some key findings from the conference have significance for improving industry interpretation practices, and training new interpreters. Subsurface and outcrop interpretation present different but related challenges for spatial thinking, and provide insights to different types of cognitive abilities. Thus the transition from academic experience for most industry new hires requires a shift in 3D geologic thinking. Novices and experts use different skills and strategies, and these differences should be reflected in training strategies. Interpretation methods, including software, can be improved to both ease cognitive challenges and improve interpretation quality.
- Macdonald, R. Heather, Eric M.D. Baer, Norlene R. Emerson, Jan Hodder, John R. McDaris, Carol J. Ormand, Pamela Eddy, Debra Bragg, Ellen Iverson, and Heather McCambly (2016). Working for Systemic Change in Geoscience Programs in Two-Year Colleges: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Denver, CO). See abstract.
- Ormand, Carol J., Thomas F. Shipley, and Basil Tikoff (2016). Ten Years of SILC Research on Spatial Thinking and Learning in Geoscience: What We've Learned and Produced: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Denver, CO). See abstract.
- Ormand, Carol J., Thomas F. Shipley, Basil Tikoff, Barbara L. Dutrow, Laurel B. Goodwin, Thomas A. Hickson, Kinnari R. Atit, Kristin Michod Gagnier, and Ilyse Resnick (2016). The Spatial Thinking Workbook: Developing Students' Spatial Thinking Skills in Upper-Level Undergraduate Geology Courses Through Curricular Materials Based on Cognitive Science Research: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Denver, CO). See abstract.
- Petcovic, Heather L., Laura Tinigin, Allen Pope, Natalie Bursztyn, Carol J. Ormand, and Nicole LaDue (2016). PIXELS: Comparing Classroom-Based and Field-Based Learning to Investigate Students' Concepts of Pixels and Sense of Scale: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Denver, CO). See abstract.
2015
Publications
- Newcombe, Nora, Steven M. Weisberg, Kinnari Atit, Matthew E. Jacovina, Carol J. Ormand, and Thomas F. Shipley (2015). The Lay of the Land: Sensing and Representing Topography: The Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic, and Communication, v. 10: Perspectives on Spatial Cognition, n. 1, pp. 1-57.
Presentations
- Gagnier, Kristin Michod, Kinnari Atit, Carol J. Ormand, and Thomas F. Shipley (2015). Sketching to support student comprehension of 3-dimensional diagrams: Diagrams as Vehicles for Scientific Reasoning Conference (Pittsburgh, PA).
- Gold, Anne, Jennifer Stempien, Carol Ormand, David Budd, Karl Mueller, Katherine Kravitz, Alyssa Quintanilla, and Jennifer Stroh (2015). Differences in Spatial Reasoning Skills in Undergraduate Geology Students and the Effect of Weekly Spatial Skill Trainings: Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Boulder, CO).
- Luo, Wei, Jon Pelletier, Kirk Duffin, Carol J. Ormand, Wei-Chen Hung, Ellen Iverson, Xiaoming Zhai, Kyle Whalley, Courtney Gallaher, Walter Furness, and David Shernoff (2015). Computer Simulation Significantly Enhances Students' Learning of Landform Evolution: AAG (Chicago, IL).
- Luo, Wei, Jon Pelletier, Kirk Duffin, Carol J. Ormand, Wei-Chen Hung, Ellen Iverson, David Shernoff, Xiaoming Zhai, Kyle Whalley, Courtney Gallaher, and Walter Furness (2015). Web-based Interactive Landform Simulation Model - Grand Canyon (WILSIM-GC) and Its Advantages in Enhancing Students' Learning: CSDMS Annual Meeting (Boulder, CO)
- Ormand, Carol, Thomas F. Shipley, Barbara Dutrow, Laurel Goodwin, Thomas A. Hickson, Basil Tikoff, Kinnari Atit, Kristin Michod Gagnier, and Ilyse Resnick (2015). Teaching Spatial Thinking in Mineralogy, Structural Geology, and Sedimentology & Stratigraphy: Tools and Strategies from Cognitive Science Research (Acrobat (PDF) 38.2MB Dec28 15): Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Boulder, CO).
- Ormand, Carol, Thomas F. Shipley, Barbara Dutrow, Laurel Goodwin, Thomas A. Hickson, Basil Tikoff, Kinnari Atit, Kristin Michod Gagnier, and Ilyse Resnick (2015). Teaching Spatial Thinking in Undergraduate Geology Courses Using Tools and Strategies from Cognitive Science Research (Acrobat (PDF) 2.2MB Dec28 15): American Geophysical Union annual fall meeting (San Francisco, CA).
- Petcovic, Heather, Carol J. Ormand, and Robert W. Krantz (2015). Using Mixed Methods to Explore Field Sketching: An Example from the Hat Creek Fault Zone: Earth Educators' Rendezvous (Boulder, CO).
- Petcovic, Heather, Allen Pope, Laura Tinigin, Carol J. Ormand, and Nicole D. LaDue (2015). PIXEL: Investigating Students' Concepts of Pixels and Sense of Scale in the Field: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Baltimore, MD).
- Pope, Allen, Laura Tinigin, Heather L. Petcovic, Carol J. Ormand, Nicole LaDue (2015). PIXEL: Investigating Students' Concepts of Pixels and Sense of Scale in the Field: American Geophysical Union annual fall meeting (San Francisco, CA).
- Whalley, Kyle, Wei Luo, Jon Pelletier, Kirk Duffin, Carol Ormand, Aaron Shelhamer, Andrew Darling, Wei-Chen Hung, David Shernoff, Xiaoming Zhai, Ellen Iverson, Walter Furness, Courtney Gallaher, Shannon MacCarragher, and Nicholas Lotter (2015). The Utilization of a Computer Simulation to Teach Landform Evolution: West Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers regional meeting (Eau Claire, WI).
2014
Publications
- Jee, Benjamin D., Dedre Gentner, David H. Uttal, Brad Sageman, Kenneth D. Forbus, Cathryn A. Manduca, Carol J. Ormand, Thomas F. Shipley, and Basil Tikoff (2014). Drawing on Experience: How Domain Knowledge is Reflected in Sketches of Scientific Structures and Processes: Research in Science Education, v. 44, n. 6, pp. 859-883.
- Krantz, Robert, Carol Ormand, and Brett Freeman (2014). Summary of the 2013 Hedberg Conference on 3D Structural Geologic Interpretation: Earth, Mind, and Machine. Hedberg Tackles 3D Interpretation: Geologists Get a Closer Look at Complexity: AAPG Explorer, Feb. 2014, pp. 30-34.
- Ormand, Carol J., Cathryn A. Manduca, Thomas F. Shipley, Basil Tikoff, Cara L. Harwood, Kinnari Atit, and Alexander P. Boone (2014). Evaluating Geoscience Students' Spatial Thinking Skills in a Multi-Institutional Classroom Study: Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 62, n. 1, pp. 146-154. JGE Paper of the Year.
Presentations
- Gagnier, Kristin Michod, Kinnari Atit, Carol J. Ormand, and Thomas F. Shipley (2014). Understanding 3D: Generating Diagrams from 3D Models Improves Diagrammatic Reasoning: 2014 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, PA).
- Gagnier, Kristin Michod, Kinnari Atit, Carol J. Ormand, and Thomas F. Shipley (2014). Comprehending Diagrams: Sketching to Support Spatial Reasoning from Diagrams: 2014 International Mind, Brain and Education Society Conference (Fort Worth, TX).
- Garnier, Bridget, Carol J. Ormand, Maria Chang, Bryan Matlen, Basil Tikoff, Thomas F. Shipley, and Kenneth D. Forbus (2014). Testing CogSketch Geoscience Worksheets as an Effective Spatial Learning Tool in Introductory Geoscience Courses: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Vancouver, BC). (See abstract.)
- Goodwin, Laurel, Carol J. Ormand, Kristin Michod Gagnier, and Kinnari Atit (2014). New Approaches to Teaching Spatial Thinking in the Context of Structural Geology: Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum (Golden, CO).
- Krantz, Robert W., Carol J. Ormand, and Brett Freeman (2014). How Geoscientists See 3D: Learning From the 2013 3D Interpretation Hedberg Conference: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Vancouver, BC). (See abstract.)
- Luo, Wei, Jon Pelletier, Kirk Duffin, Carol J. Ormand, Wei-chen Hung, Ellen Iverson, David Shernoff, Xiaoming Zhai, and Kyle Whalley (2014). Web-Based Interactive Landform Simulation Model - Grand Canyon (WILSIM-GC): Geological Society of America annual meeting (Vancouver, BC). (See abstract.)
- Ormand, Carol J., Thomas F. Shipley, and Basil Tikoff (2014). Applying Cognitive Science Research to Improve Geoscience Teaching and Learning (Acrobat (PDF) 4.4MB Aug25 14): Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum (Golden, CO).
- Ormand, Carol J., Thomas F. Shipley, Charles Kiven, J. Steve Davis, Dale Klopfer, and Peter Vrolijk (2014). The Geologic Block Cross-Sectioning Test: Insights Into the Novice-Expert Spectrum in Visual Penetrative Ability: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Vancouver, BC). (See abstract.)
- Ormand, Carol J., Thomas F. Shipley, Barbara Dutrow, Laurel Goodwin, Thomas Hickson, Basil Tikoff, Kinnari Atit, Kristin Gagnier, and Ilyse Resnick (2014). Transforming Spatial Reasoning Skills in the Upper-Level Undergraduate Geoscience Classroom Through Curricular Materials Informed by Cognitive Science Research (Acrobat (PDF) 5.1MB Feb23 15): American Geophysical Union annual fall meeting (San Francisco, CA).
- Petcovic, Heather, Carol J. Ormand, and Robert W. Krantz (2014). Expert Field Sketches as Visual Representations of a Complex Fault Zone: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Vancouver, BC). (See abstract.)
2013
Publications
- Shipley, Thomas F., Basil Tikoff, Carol J. Ormand, and Cathryn A. Manduca (2013). Structural Geology Practice and Learning, from the Perspective of Cognitive Science: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 54, pp. 72-84.
Presentations
- Asher, Pranoti, R. Heather Macdonald, Carol J. Ormand, and Christopher Keane (2013). The role of professional societies in supporting Earth and space science departments: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Denver, CO). (See abstract.)
- Atit, Kinnari, Tilbe Goksun, Carol J. Ormand, Cathryn A. Manduca, Ilyse Resnick, Thomas F. Shipley, and Basil Tikoff (2013). Spatial Gestures Point the Way: A Broader Understanding of the Gestural Referent (Acrobat (PDF) 245kB Apr30 13): Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Manuscript submitted for publication.
- Atit, Kinnari, Barbara Dutrow, Carol Ormand, and Thomas F. Shipley (2013). Gesture and Three-Dimensional Visualization: AAPG Hedberg Conference on 3D Structural Geologic Interpretation (Reno, NV).
- Garnier, Bridget, Carol J. Ormand, Maria Chang, Kenneth D. Forbus, Thomas F. Shipley, and Basil Tikoff (2013). Improving Visualization and Spatial Reasoning Using Sketching Software and a Virtual Tutor: AAPG Hedberg Conference on 3D Structural Geologic Interpretation (Reno, NV).
- Garnier, Bridget, Carol J. Ormand, Maria D. Chang, Thomas F. Shipley, Basil Tikoff, and Kenneth D. Forbus (2013). Using Sketching Software with a Virtual Tutor to Increase Sketching and Spatial Skill Development in a Classroom Environment: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Denver, CO). (See abstract.)
- Luo, Wei, Jon D. Pelletier, Kirk Duffin, Carol J. Ormand, Wei-chen Hung, Ellen A. R. Iverson, David Shernoff, Xiaoming Zhai, and Anjana Chowdary (2013). Web-based Interactive Landform Simulation Model -- Grand Canyon (Acrobat (PDF) 1.4MB Dec20 13): American Geophysical Union annual fall meeting (San Francisco, CA).
- Macdonald, R. Heather, Cathryn A. Manduca, David W. Mogk, Barbara J. Tewksbury, Sean Fox, Rachel J. Beane, David A. McConnell, Katryn Wiese, Michael E. Wysession, and the SERC Webteam (2013). On the Cutting Edge: A Decade of Transforming Geoscience Education: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Denver, CO). (See abstract.)
- Ormand, Carol J., Cathryn A. Manduca, Thomas F. Shipley, and Basil Tikoff (2013). Developing and Testing Materials to Improve Spatial Skills in Upper Division Geoscience Courses (Acrobat (PDF) 2.3MB Apr17 13): TUES/CCLI PI Conference (Washington, DC).
- Ormand, Carol J., Thomas F. Shipley, Basil Tikoff, Cathryn A. Manduca, Barbara Dutrow, Laurel Goodwin, Thomas Hickson, Kinnari Atit, Kristin Gagnier, and Ilyse Resnick (2013). Improving Spatial Reasoning Skills in the Undergraduate Geoscience Classroom through Interventions Based on Cognitive Science Research (Acrobat (PDF) 3.8MB Jul1 13): AAPG Hedberg Conference on 3D Structural Geologic Interpretation (Reno, NV).
- Ormand, Carol J., Thomas F. Shipley, Basil Tikoff, Cathryn A. Manduca, Barbara L. Dutrow, Laurel B. Goodwin, Thomas Hickson, Kinnari Atit, Kristin M. Gagnier, and Ilyse Resnick (2013). Improving Spatial Visualization Skills in the Undergraduate Geoscience Classroom Through Interventions Based on Cognitive Science Research (Acrobat (PDF) 3.3MB Nov4 13): Geological Society of America annual meeting (Denver, CO). (See abstract.)
- Ormand, Carol J., Thomas F. Shipley, Basil Tikoff, Cathryn A. Manduca, Barbara L. Dutrow, Laurel B. Goodwin, Thomas Hickson, Kinnari Atit, Kristin Michod Gagnier, and Ilyse Resnick (2013). Transforming Spatial Reasoning Skills in the Undergraduate Geoscience Classroom Through Interventions Based on Cognitive Science Research (Acrobat (PDF) 3.6MB Dec20 13): American Geophysical Union annual fall meeting (San Francisco, CA).
- Shipley, Thomas F., Cathryn A. Manduca, Carol J. Ormand, and Basil Tikoff (2013). Spatial Thinking in 3D and 4D Geology Visualization: AAPG Hedberg Conference on 3D Structural Geologic Interpretation (Reno, NV).
- Tikoff, Basil, Cathryn A. Manduca, Carol J. Ormand, and Thomas F. Shipley (2013). How the Outcomes of Cognitive Science Research Can Make You a Better Geologist: AAPG Hedberg Conference on 3D Structural Geologic Interpretation (Reno, NV).
2012
Publications
Presentations
- Gagnier, Kristin, Kinnari Atit, Carol Ormand, and Thomas F. Shipley (2012). Teaching Penetrative Thinking via Progressive Alignment and Directed Sketching: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Charlotte, NC). See abstract.
- Gagnier, Kristin, Kinnari Atit, Thomas F. Shipley, and Carol Ormand (2012). Improving Penetrative Thinking Skills for Geoscience Education: inter-Science of Learning Center (iSLC) Conference (San Diego, CA).
- Ormand, Carol J., Cathryn A. Manduca, Steven C. Semken, Erica Crespi (2012). Teaching About Rates and Time: Challenges and Resources (Acrobat (PDF) 5.2MB Mar7 13): American Geophysical Union fall meeting (San Francisco, CA).
- Shipley, Thomas F., Kinnari Atit, Cathryn A. Manduca, Carol J. Ormand, Ilyse Resnick, and Basil Tikoff (2012). Understanding geological processes: Visualization of rigid and non-rigid transformations: American Geophysical Union fall meeting (San Francisco, CA).
2011
Presentations
- Cervato, Cinzia, Cathryn Manduca, David Mogk, Carol Ormand, Thomas Shipley, and Trisha Smrecak (2011). Rates, Dates, and Geologic Time: A Journal Club Report on Teaching About Temporal Aspects of Geoscience (Acrobat (PDF) 15.2MB Nov9 11): Geological Society of America annual meeting (Minneapolis, MN). See abstract.
- Fox, Sean, Ellen Iverson, Cathryn Manduca, Karin Kirk, John McDaris, Carol Ormand, and Monica Bruckner (2011). Supporting Faculty Learning About Teaching: The On the Cutting Edge Website: American Geophysical Union fall meeting (San Francisco, CA).
- Iverson, Ellen, Sabra Lee, Carol Ormand, Geoffrey Feiss, Heather Macdonald, Cathryn Manduca, and Randall Richardson (2011). Building Strong Geoscience Departments: Case Studies and Findings from Six Years of Programming: American Geophysical Union fall meeting (San Francisco, CA).
- Macdonald, Heather, Cathryn Manduca, Carol Ormand, Robyn Dunbar, Rachel Beane, Monica Bruckner, Timothy Bralower, Geoffrey Feiss, Barbara Tewksbury, and Katryn Wiese (2011). Preparing Future Geoscience Professionals: Needs, Strategies, Programs, and Online Resources: American Geophysical Union fall meeting (San Francisco, CA).
- Manduca, Cathryn, Timothy Bralower, Diane Clemens-Knott, Diane Doser, P. Geoffrey Feiss, R. Heather Macdonald, Carol Ormand, Dallas Rhodes, Randall M. Richardson, and Mary Savina (2011). Bringing Together Design and Evaluation to Understand Student Learning (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 3.9MB Nov7 11): Geological Society of America annual meeting (Minneapolis, MN). See abstract.
- Manduca, Cathryn, David Blockstein, Timothy Bralower, Diane Doser, Anne Egger, P. Geoffrey Feiss, David Gosselin, Pamela Matson, David McConnell, and Carol Ormand (2011). InTeGrate-ing Geoscience Learning in Undergraduate Education: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Minneapolis, MN). See abstract.
- Manduca, Cathryn, David Mogk, Kim Kastens, Basil Tikoff, Thomas Shipley, Carol Ormand, and David McConnell (2011). Geoscience Education Research: The Role of Collaborations with Education Researchers and Cognitive Scientists: American Geophysical Union fall meeting (San Francisco, CA).
- Murphy, Rachel, Carol Ormand, Laurel Goodwin, Thomas Shipley, Cathryn Manduca, and Basil Tikoff (2011). Improving Students' Visuo-Penetrative Thinking Skills Through Brief, Weekly Practice (Acrobat (PDF) 19.5MB Nov9 11): Geological Society of America annual meeting (Minneapolis, MN). See abstract.
- Ormand, Carol, Thomas Shipley, Cathryn Manduca, and Basil Tikoff (2011). Improving Geoscience Students' Spatial Thinking Skills: Applying Cognitive Science Research in the Classroom (Acrobat (PDF) 3.2MB Mar8 12): American Geophysical Union fall meeting (San Francisco, CA).
- Ormand, Carol, Cathryn Manduca, Heather Macdonald, Timothy Bralower, Diane Clemens-Knott, Diane Doser, Geoffrey Feiss, Dallas Rhodes, Randall Richardson, and Mary Savina (2011). Building Strong Geoscience Departments Through the Visiting Workshop Program (Acrobat (PDF) 6.1MB Mar8 12): American Geophysical Union fall meeting (San Francisco, CA).
- Savina, Mary, Cherry Danielson, Deborah Gross, and Carol Ormand (2011). Imagining the "Ideal Student": Helping Faculty Focus on What's Really Important to Assess (Acrobat (PDF) 610kB Mar18 11): Association of American Colleges and Universities meeting on General Education and Assessment 3.0: Next-Level Practices Now (Chicago, IL). (Associated handout (Acrobat (PDF) 117kB Mar18 11).)
- Shipley, Thomas, Cathryn Manduca, Carol Ormand, and Basil Tikoff (2011). Spatiotemporal Thinking in the Geosciences: American Geophysical Union fall meeting (San Francisco, CA).
2010
Publications
- Jee, Benjamin D., David Uttal, Dedre Gentner, Cathryn Manduca, Thomas Shipley, Brad Sageman, Carol J. Ormand, & Basil Tikoff (2010). Analogical thinking in geoscience education: Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 58, n. 1, pp. 2-13.
- Manduca, Cathryn A., David W. Mogk, Barbara Tewksbury, R. Heather Macdonald, Sean P. Fox, Ellen R. Iverson, Karin Kirk, John McDaris, Carol Ormand, and Monica Bruckner (2010). SPORE: Science Prize for Online Resources in Education: On the Cutting Edge: Teaching Help For Geoscience Faculty: Science, v. 327, no. 5969, pp. 1095-1096.
Presentations
- Atit, Kinnari R., Cathryn Manduca, Carol Ormand, Ilyse Resnick, Thomas Shipley, and Basil Tikoff (2010). Reasoning About Sequences of Spatial Events: How Do Geologists Know What Happened First?: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Denver, CO). See abstract.
- Ormand, Carol, Cathryn Manduca, Thomas Shipley, and Basil Tikoff (2010). Students' Spatial Thinking Skills (Acrobat (PDF) 828kB Jun30 10): Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum (Madison, WI).
- Ormand, Carol, Cathryn Manduca, R. Heather Macdonald, Geoffrey Feiss, Randall Richardson, Sabra Lee, and Ellen Iverson (2010). Impacts of the Building Strong Geoscience Departments Visiting Workshop Program (Acrobat (PDF) 4.3MB Nov17 10): Geological Society of America annual meeting (Denver, CO). See abstract.
- Ormand, Carol, Cathryn Manduca, Thomas Shipley, and Basil Tikoff (2010). Geoscience Students' Spatial Thinking Skills: Results From Multi-Institutional Classroom Studies (Acrobat (PDF) 24MB Nov17 10): Geological Society of America annual meeting (Denver, CO). See abstract.
- Ormand, Carol, Cathryn Manduca, and R. Heather Macdonald (2010). The Role of Geoscience Departments in Preparing Future Geoscience Professionals (PowerPoint 4.1MB Dec14 10): American Geophysical Union fall meeting (San Francisco, CA).
- Richardson, Randall M., Carol Ormand, R. Heather Macdonald, Robyn Wright Dunbar, Richelle Allen-King, Cathryn Manduca (2010). Launching an Academic Career: On the Cutting Edge Resources for Geoscience Graduate Students, Post-doctoral Fellows, and Early Career Faculty: American Geophysical Union fall meeting (San Francisco, CA).
2009
Presentations
- Harwood, Cara L., Carol Ormand, Cathryn Manduca, and Thomas F. Shipley (2009). Differences in Development of Spatial and Object Visualization Ability in Undergraduate Geoscience Courses: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Portland, OR). See abstract.
- Kirk, Karin, Cathryn Manduca, Carol Ormand, and John McDaris (2009). Resources for Designing, Selecting, and Teaching with Visualizations in the Geoscience Classroom (Acrobat (PDF) 25.8MB Dec22 09): American Geophysical Union fall meeting (San Francisco, CA).
- Manduca, Cathryn, R. Heather Macdonald, Carol J. Ormand, and P. Geoffrey Feiss (2009). Strengthening Geoscience Departments Through Shared Knowledge: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Portland, OR). See abstract.
- Ormand, Carol J., Dedre Gentner, Benjamin Jee, Thomas F. Shipley, Basil Tikoff, David Uttal, and Cathryn Manduca (2009). Finding Fault: Laboratory Experiments and Classroom Studies on Identifying Faults in Images (Acrobat (PDF) 16.7MB Oct30 09): Geological Society of America annual meeting (Portland, OR). See abstract.
- Ormand, Carol J., Cathryn Manduca, Jenefer Husman, Katrien Kraft, David Mogk, and Karl Wirth (2009). Teaching Metacognition: A Summary of Successful Strategies from the 2008 "On the Cutting Edge" Workshop (Acrobat (PDF) 13.2MB Oct30 09): Geological Society of America annual meeting (Portland, OR). See abstract.
- Ormand, Carol J., Cathryn Manduca, and R. Heather Macdonald (2009). New Resources on the Building Strong Geoscience Departments Website (Acrobat (PDF) 8MB Dec15 09): American Geophysical Union fall meeting (San Francisco, CA).
- Richardson, Randall M., Carolyn Eyles, and Carol J. Ormand (2009). Recruitment Strategies for Geoscience Majors: Conceptual Framework and Practical Suggestions (Acrobat (PDF) 25.7MB Dec10 09): American Geophysical Union fall meeting (San Francisco, CA).
2008
Presentations
- Macdonald, R. Heather, Richelle M. Allen-King, Robyn Wright Dunbar, Cathryn A. Manduca and Carol J. Ormand (2008). A Course of One's Own: Issues, Challenges, and Resources for Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows, and Early Career Faculty: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Houston, TX). See abstract.
- Manduca, Cathryn, R. Heather Macdonald, P. Geoffrey Feiss, Randall M. Richardson, and Carol J. Ormand (2008). Building Strong Geoscience Departments: Resources and Opportunities (Acrobat (PDF) 3.4MB Dec11 08): American Geophysical Union fall meeting (San Francisco, CA). Eos Trans. AGU, 89 (53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract ED31A-0577.
- Manduca, Cathryn, R. Heather Macdonald, P. Geoffrey Feiss, Randall M. Richardson, Timothy J. Bralower, Carolyn H. Eyles, and Carol J. Ormand (2008). Geoscience Departments and the Workforce: Bringing Together Student Interests and Industry Needs: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Houston, TX). See abstract.
- Manduca, Cathryn, Dedre Gentner, Mark P. Holden, Carol J. Ormand, Benjamin Jee, Bradley B. Sageman, Thomas F. Shipley, Basil Tikoff and David H. Uttal (2008). Geoscience Perception: Expert and Novice Experience of Graphs, Outcrops, and Landscapes: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Houston, TX). See abstract.
- Ormand, Carol, Karin Kirk, R. Heather Macdonald, Cathryn Manduca, and Barbara Tewksbury (2008). NEW Online Resources for Teaching Introductory-Level Geoscience Courses (Acrobat (PDF) 24MB Oct14 08): Geological Society of America annual meeting (Houston, TX). See abstract.
- Richardson, Randall M. and Carol J. Ormand (2008). Survey of Geoscience Departments Finds Shared Goals and Challenges. (Acrobat (PDF) 415kB Oct1 08) Eos, v. 89, n. 27, p. 242-243. Abstract available on the AGU site.
2007 and prior
Presentations
- Macdonald, R. Heather, Carol J. Ormand, Cathryn Manduca, Robyn Wright-Dunbar, and Richelle Allen-King (2007). Getting Started in Academic Careers: On the Cutting Edge Resources for Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows, and Early Career Faculty (Acrobat (PDF) 3MB Mar3 08): American Geophysical Union fall meeting (San Francisco, CA). Eos Trans. AGU, 88 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract ED11B-0475.
- Ormand, Carol J., R. Heather Macdonald, Cathryn Manduca, Geoff Feiss, and Tim Bralower (2007). The Changing Landscape of Geoscience Careers and Education: New Online Resources from Building Strong Geoscience Departments (Acrobat (PDF) 2.4MB Mar3 08): Geological Society of America annual meeting (Denver, CO). See abstract.
- Ormand, Carol J., R. Heather Macdonald, and Cathryn Manduca (2006). Managing Your Career: New "On the Cutting Edge" Online Resources for Graduate Students, Post-Doctoral Fellows, and Early-Career Faculty (Acrobat (PDF) 2.8MB Dec22 09): Geological Society of America annual meeting (Philadelphia, PA). See abstract.
- Ormand, Carol J. (2004). Keeping it Real: Making the Geology of the National Parks Relevant for Non-science Majors (Acrobat (PDF) 8.6MB Jan19 09): Geological Society of America annual meeting (Denver, CO).
- Tullis, J., Campbell, P., Czeck, D., Harrison, M., Kopf, C., Ormand, C., Reinen, L., Sussman, A., Torrez, B., and Wojtal, S. (2004). Why and How to Include Grain-scale Deformation Mechanisms, Microstructures, and Rheology in Undergraduate Structural Geology Courses: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Denver, CO).
Structural Geology
Van Hise Rock, Baraboo, WI
Publications
Presentations
- Czeck, Dyanna, and Carol J. Ormand (2005). Using cleavage refraction, microstructural analysis, and mineralogy to learn about rheology in the Baraboo Quartzite: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Salt Lake City, UT). See abstract.
- Ormand, Carol J. and Dyanna Czeck (2003). Structure and kinematics of the Baraboo Syncline: a three-dimensional analysis: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Seattle, WA).
- Ormand, Carol J. and Pam Olson (2001). An analysis of fault systems in an experimental stratigraphic basin, with a comparison to the Mid-Continent Rift System: Geological Society of America annual meeting (Boston, MA).