Mimi Fuhrman part of Cutting Edge:Affective Domain:Workshop 07:Workshop Participants
Senior Research Analyst, American Institutes for Research What are the key issues related to the role of the affective domain in teaching geoscience that you would like to engage at the workshop? ...

Lisa Gilbert part of Cutting Edge:Affective Domain:Workshop 07:Workshop Participants
Department of Geosciences & Marine Sciences, Williams College Homepage Essay: "I'm good at science, now" A recent student thanked me for showing her that she was "good at science, after ...

Robert Butler part of Cutting Edge:Affective Domain:Workshop 07:Workshop Participants
Department of Physics, University of Portland Homepage What are the key issues related to the role of the affective domain in teaching geoscience that you would like to engage at the workshop? What are topics or ...

David Mogk part of Cutting Edge:Affective Domain:Workshop 07:Workshop Participants
Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University Homepage Essay 1: Teaching in the Field "We're going on a field trip!" the instructor announces enthusiastically to the class, expecting that ...

Teaching to Higher Levels of Thinking: Harnessing the Affective Domain part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site from Idaho State University describes taxonomies of the cognitive domain, research on thinking models, and taxonomies of the affective domain. The site explains how appealing to the ...

The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Case Collection part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website presents educational case studies in a variety of disciplines. Featured case studies are designed to be used in teaching, applying science concepts to public policy, legal disputes, and ...

Motivating Students part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This chapter from the book Tools for Teaching by Barbara Gross Davis is a great place to start for ideas and tips about increasing student motivation in your classes. The author presents a handy ...

Motivation: A General Overview of Theories part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This chapter in an e-book provides a brief summary of motivational theories that is written for educators. Topics include goals, self-efficacy, attribution theory, self-regulation and volition, and ...

Scientific Argumentation in Earth System Science Education part of SERC Web Resource Collection

We investigate the merit of including deliberate instruction on argumentation and debate in an undergraduate Earth system science course. We examine sample student evaluations of arguments ...

Spatial Ability, Navigation Strategy and Geographic Knowledge Among Men and Women part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This study tested the differences in navigation strategy and geographic knowledge between men and women. Men proved to be better than women in mental rotation skill, but men and women were equal in ...

A Course on Spatial Visualization and its Impact on the Retention of Female Engineering Students part of SERC Print Resource Collection

Sex-related Differences in Spatial Ability: What Every Geography Educator Should Know part of SERC Print Resource Collection

Acting Out Science: Using Senate Hearings to Debate Global Climate Change part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article describes the design and implementation of a role-playing exercise which is set in a Senate hearing about global warming. The students play senators and members of special interest ...

Role-Playing Replaces Spreadsheets in College Accounting Courses part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This January 1997 Chronicle of Higher Education article discusses the use of role-playing in accounting classes. The article chronicles accounting students at University of Illinois while they tackle ...

Mass Extinction Debates: How Science Works in a Crisis part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This is a history of science project documenting a controversy as it unfolds. The controversy in question is whether the K/T extinction was caused by catastrophic volcanism or an asteroid impact. ...

Tools for Teaching part of SERC Print Resource Collection
A rich compendium of classroom-tested strategies and suggestions designed to improve the teaching practices of all college instructors, including beginning, mid-career, and senior faculty members. ...

Bringing Research on Learning to the Geosciences part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This report summarizes discussions of how research on learning could be used to improve learning in the geosciences that were held in July 2002 at the Johnson Foudnation's Wingspread Conference ...

Teaching Evolution and the Nature of Science part of SERC Print Resource Collection
The author discusses the common ways in which evolution is handled in biology classrooms. Often is included simply as a topic instead of as an organizing element. Another problem is the ...

What is right with 'teaching the controversy'? part of SERC Print Resource Collection
The author recommends addressing creationism by stressing the nature of science in his basic biology class. He has his students apply scientific standards to Young Earth Creationism and Intelligent ...

The Influence of History of Science Courses on Students' Views of Nature of Science part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Pre- and post-tests and interviews of college students, many of them pre-service teachers, revealed naÃve views of science as objective and certain rather than socially-constructed and ...