Using 'How People Learn' as a blueprint for developing teaching strategies; an example from an introductory geology course for future elementary teachers and non-science majors part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Geology faculty at Western Washington University, Skagit Valley College, Whatcom Community College, Everett Community College, and the Northwest Indian College have collaborated to develop a new ...

Field Notes part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article introduces the concept of "novelty space" and emphasizes that students' learning is impaired if they are 1) uncertain about their geologic and geographic setting, ...

Children's misconceptions about weather: A review of the literature part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This paper from Project ALERT reports a synthesis of the existing research about children's misconceptions relating to weather, climate and the atmosphere. The scientifically accepted ...

Climate Change: Confronting Student Ideas part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This journal article from Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment discusses student-centered, inquiry-based instructional strategies and learning goals for helping students learn about climate ...

Misconceptions as Barriers to Understanding Science (Ch. 4 from Science Teaching Reconsidered) part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This resource is a chapter of Science Teaching Reconsidered: A Handbook. Topics covered include the role of misconceptions in the learning process, descriptions and examples of some common ...

Learning-for-Use in Earth science: Kids as climate modelers part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This paper discusses the Learning-for-Use design framework, a tool to aid curriculum designers develop engaging curricula that foster useful understanding of material. The main goals of the framework ...

A Study of Junior High Students' Perceptions of the Water Cycle part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This study explored junior high school students' perceptions of the water cycle. The findings indicated that the students understand various hydro-bio-geological processes, but most of them lack ...

The Development of Student Conceptions of the Earth-Sun Relationship in an Inquiry-Based Curriculum part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This case study published in the Journal of Geoscience Education features an in-depth investigation of three fifth-grade students throughout their participation in a curriculum on Earth surface ...

Visual Abilities and Misconceptions About Plate Tectonics part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This study, published in the Journal of Geoscience Education, discusses the way that students' drawings of their concept of convergent plate boundaries provided an efficient means of discovering ...

Students' Beliefs About the Role of Atoms in Radioactive Decay and Half-life part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article from the Journal of Geoscience Education addresses the common difficulties that students experience when trying to learn about radiation and radioactivity. By identifying inaccurate ...