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Allison Jaeger
Temple University
I received my Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology under the advisement of Dr. Jennifer Wiley at the University of Illinois at Chicago. After graduate school, I took a position as a postdoctoral fellow at the Spatial and Intelligence Learning Center (SILC) at Temple University working with Drs. Nora Newcombe and Thomas Shipley. My research interests focus on developing methods for improving student comprehension in STEM as well as considering the role that spatial thinking plays in successful learning in STEM. In particular, I am interested in identifying and developing learning materials and tasks that support low spatial students in learning about complex scientific phenomena.
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Essays (3)
Self-reflection guides as a strategy to support students’ development of intellectual skills part of GET Spatial Learning:Blog
This blog post examines how self-reflection guides can enhance undergraduate research experiences by fostering intellectual skill development through cognitive apprenticeship, with a focus on mentoring, metacognition, and transferable strategies for improving spatial reasoning in geoscience education.
Using Teachable Moments to Engage the General Public and Foster Learning in Seismology part of GET Spatial Learning:Blog
This educational blog post examines how seismologists leverage earthquake-induced "teachable moments" to enhance public engagement and science education, detailing IRIS's rapid-response outreach programs, the effectiveness of visual tools like Ground Motion Visualizations, and the need for further research on learning outcomes and spatial cognition in geoscience communication.
Using Analogies to Teach in the Geosciences part of GET Spatial Learning:Blog
This educational blog page explores the use of analogies as a pedagogical tool in geoscience instruction, discussing their cognitive benefits, structural alignment principles, potential pitfalls like reinforcing misconceptions, and offering a curated list of discipline-specific analogies—such as layer cakes for stratigraphy and lava lamps for mantle convection—while inviting community contributions and emphasizing evidence-based teaching practices.
Conference Presentation (1)
Challenges in making meaning from Ground Motion Visualizations: The role of geoscience knowledge in interpreting dynamic spatiotemporal patterns part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2019:Program:Oral Sessions:Thursday B
The USArray Ground Motion Visualization (GMV) is an IRIS video product that illustrates seismic waves traveling away from an earthquake by depicting seismometers as symbols that vary in color according to recorded ...
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Research on Cognitive Domain in Geoscience Learning: Temporal and Spatial Reasoning part of NAGT:Our Work:Geoscience Education Research:Community Framework for GER:Cognitive - Spatial and Temporal Reasoning
Download a pdf of this chapterKatherine Ryker, University of South Carolina and Allison J. Jaeger, Temple University. With contributions from: Scott Brande, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Mariana Guereque, ...