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A Model for the Development and Implementation of Field Trips as an Integral Part of the Science Curriculum part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Nir Orion
In this paper, Orion summarizes what we know from the literature about designing effective field trips for high school students, including the challenges and barriers to success. The model he ...

Research on Learning: Ways Of Learning:In the Field

Causality in Complex Dynamic Systems: A Challenge in Earth Systems Science Education part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Federica Raia
This paper explores the concepts of causality necessary to understand complex system behavior and evolution and simple but important steps in teaching about complexity can support students in ...

Research on Learning: Cognitive Domain:How information is organized:Mental models, Geoscience Expertise:Complex Systems

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

http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/may06.html#v54p374
Diane Schweizer Clayton, Catherine Gautier
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 ...
Research on Learning: Cognitive Domain, Affective Domain:Teaching Controversial Topics, Geoscience Expertise:Complex Systems

The Role of Scaffolding Student Metacognition in Developing Mental Models of Complex Earth and Environmental Systems part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Bruce E. Herbert
Students organize knowledge in Earth and environmental sciences and reason about environmental issues through manipulation of mental models. The nature of the Earth and environmental sciences, which ...

Research on Learning: Cognitive Domain:How information is organized:Mental models, Cognitive Domain:Metacognition, Instructional Design:Use of Technology, Scaffolding, Geoscience Expertise:Complex Systems

Fieldwork Bibliography part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www2.glos.ac.uk/gdn/disabil/fieldwk.htm
The Geography Discipline Network
An annotated bibliography from the Geography Discipline Network (affiliated with GEES in the UK) on learning in the field. Readers are invited to suggest additions to the bibliography.
Research on Learning: Ways Of Learning:In the Field, Instructional Design:Teaching in the Field

Integrating field observations with physical and computer models in an introductory environmental geology course part of SERC Print Resource Collection
A.P. deWet

Research on Learning: Spatial Intelligence:Spatial Representations Of Data , Ways Of Learning:Visual Learning, In the Field

Using Mobile Mapping to Determine Rates of Meander Migration in an Undergraduate Geomorphology Course part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Kirsten Menking, Meg E. Stewart
Students in an undergraduate geomorphology course used tablet computers equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software to map the current ...

Research on Learning: Spatial Intelligence:Maps, Ways Of Learning:In the Field

Inquiry learning through students' East-West Coast online collaboration about plate tectonics part of SERC Print Resource Collection
J. Gobert
This paper describes a collaborative online project about plate tectonic activity involving middle and high school students in California and Massachusetts. The students collaborated online using ...

Research on Learning: Cognitive Domain:How information is organized:Mental models, Instructional Design:Use of Technology, Inquiry-Based Learning, Geoscience Expertise:Complex Systems

Pictorial Aids for Learning by Doing in a Multimedia Geology Simulation Game part of SERC Print Resource Collection
R.E. Mayer, P. Mautone, W. Prothero
How can we help students learn to solve authentic geology problems within a virtual environment? This article describes the results of various scaffolding methods for students who were asked to ...

Research on Learning: Cognitive Domain:How information is organized:Mental models, Cognitive Domain:Knowledge Transfer, Spatial Intelligence:Maps, Ways Of Learning:Visual Learning, Verbal, Instructional Design:Use of Technology, Scaffolding

Fieldwork is Good? The Student Experience of Field Courses part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ764517
The Higher Education Academy
This site describes the results of a research project that was conducted across geography, earth science and environmental science disciplines to examine the effect of fieldwork on students' ...
Research on Learning: Affective Domain, Ways Of Learning:In the Field, Instructional Design:Teaching in the Field