The Role of Metacognition in Teaching Geoscience

Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota

Conveners

Jenefer Husman, Psychology in Education, Arizona State University
Kaatje Kraft, Physical Science Department, Mesa Community College

Essay: Teaching Metacognition: Preparing Students to Be Successful
Activity: Reflections on the Process of Science & Geoscience

Cathy Manduca, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College
Dave Mogk, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University

Essay: Thinking As a Geologist: Master-Novice Relations and Metacognition
Poster: Guided Discovery and Scoring Rubric for Petrographic Analysis of a Thin Section (PowerPoint 2.6MB Nov19 08)
Activity: Guided Discovery and Scoring Rubric for Petrographic Analysis of a Thin Section

Karl Wirth, Geology Department & Center for Scholarship and Teaching, Macalester College

Essay: Learning About Thinking and Thinking About Learning
Activity: Reading Reflections

Invited Speakers

Saundra McGuire, Louisiana State University

Essay: Teaching Metacognitive Strategies
Activity: Count the Vowels

Shirley Yu, University of Houston

Facilitators

Carol Ormand, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College
Linda Goozen, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College

Workshop Participants

Omowumi Alabi, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Essay: Role of Metacognition in Facilitating Conceptual Change Learning

Simon Brassell, Indiana University

Essay: Encouraging Students to Learn How to Learn

Christy Briles, Montana State University

Essay: Metacognitive Strategies for Teachers and Undergraduates in the Geosciences

Thomas Brown, Austin Community College

Essay: Metacognition and the Challenges of Teaching Geosciences in an Era of Fundamental Change

Linda Davis, Grand Valley State University

Essay: How Do I Study for Your Exams? Or, But, I Studied and Studied and Studied and Still I Didn't get a Good Grade on your Exam!

Annia Fayon, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Essay: Metacognition and Cultural Diversity
Poster: Engaging a Diverse Population in Science Through Introductory Geoscience Courses (Acrobat (PDF) 1.1MB Nov20 08)

Miriam Fuhrman, Rock Solid Testing Services

Essay: Some Slightly Random Thoughts on Metacognition

David Gosselin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Essay: Laboratory Earth: Using Content Mastery Activities (CMAs) as a Mechanism for Integrating Cognitive and Metacognitive Skills to Enhance the Learning of Earth System Science
Poster: Using Content Mastery Activities to Integrate Cognitive and Metacognitive Learning (Acrobat (PDF) 491kB Nov19 08)

Ji-Sook Han, Arizona State University

Essay: Metacognition: Self-Awareness of Knowledge Construction Process

Sister Gertrude Hennessey

Essay: A Case Study of a Student's Reflective Thoughts: A Vision for Practice

Mary Anne Holmes, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Essay: Brain Development and Long-Term Memory

Julia Johnston, Mississippi State University

Essay: Mississippi Learning: Personal Experience with Metacognition with Different Student Populations

Francis Jones, University of British Columbia

Essay: Metacognition and Team Based Learning
Poster: Improving Metacognitive Skills of 2nd year Environmental Science Students: What to Measure? (Acrobat (PDF) 4.6MB Nov18 08)
(Related links: the UBC environmental sciences program * the UBC Earth and Ocean Sciences Science Education Initiative)

Helen King, Helen King Consultancy

Essay: Experiential Learning and the Power of Reflection
Poster: Researching Threshold Concepts: Ways of Thinking and Practising in Geoscience (Acrobat (PDF) 178kB Nov4 08)
(Related link: http://geo-thresholdconcepts.blogspot.com)

Zubeyde Demet Kirbulut, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Essay: The Effect of Metaconceptual Teaching Activities on Students' Understanding of Liquids and Solids and Self-Effıcacy Toward Chemistry

Nicole LaDue, National Science Foundation

Essay: Encouraging Metacognition in the K-12 Environment

Peter Lea, Bowdoin College

Essay: Metacognition and Cognitive Load in Teaching Sedimentary Geology

Matthew Ludwig, Western Michigan University

Essay: Assessment for Learning

Martha Mamo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Essay: How to Think not What to Think

Jim McDougall, Tacoma Community College

Essay: Reflections and Self-Awareness of Learning Styles

Jason McGraw, College of Lake County

Essay: Effective Learning in Earth Science

James Myers, University of Wyoming

Essay: Preparing Citizens: Examining the Role of Metacognition in Promoting Life-long Learning

Ronald Narode, Portland State University

Essay: Metacognitive Variables, Problems, and Solutions
Activity: Metacognition Training through Think-Aloud Pair Problem Solving [TAPPS]: Two Lessons about Rivers

Suzanne O'Connell, Wesleyan University
John Ottenhoff, Associated Colleges of the Midwest

Essay: Thinking about Metacognition

Dexter Perkins, University of North Dakota

Essay: Metacognition: Thinking about Thinking and Learning
Activity: Reflection After Exam #1

Erin Peters, George Mason University

Essay: Using Self-Regulation to Develop Metacognition of the Scientific Enterprise
Poster The Role of Self-Regulation in Developing Metacognition of the Nature of Science in 8th Grade Students (Acrobat (PDF) 200kB Nov7 08)
Activity: Metacognitive Prompting Intervention - Science
Activity: GO Inquire System

William I. Rose, Michigan Technological University

Essay: Thoughts on Metacognition
Poster: Testing the critical potential role of earth system science classes for STEM success in middle and high schools: A new NSF MSP effort (Acrobat (PDF) 4.4MB Nov18 08)
(Related link: http://mitep.mspnet.org)

Sandra Rutherford, Eastern Michigan University

Essay: Researching Transfer of Knowledge with Elementary Pre‐service Teachers

Jeanette Sablock, Salem State College

Essay: Metacognition Essay
Poster: Just in Time Teaching in an Introductory Geology Course (Acrobat (PDF) 299kB Nov7 08)
(Related link: http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/justintime/index.html)

Perry Samson, University of Michigan

Essay: Metacognition for the Rest of Us (Acrobat (PDF) 467kB Nov19 08)
Poster: Embedding Metacognition into Web-Based Learning Object (Acrobat (PDF) 2.6MB Nov19 08)

Duncan Sibley, Michigan State University

Essay: Reasoning and Learning with Analogies: Making Metacognition "Natural"
Activity: Drawing Analogies

Laura Wenk, Hampshire College

Essay: Teaching for Intentional Learning: How learning goals, learning skills, and feedback affect learning

Merry Wilson, Scottsdale Community College

Essay: Metacognition During Discourse