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GeoPad: Information Technology for Field Science Education and Research part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website provides an overview of the GeoPad project, the software and hardware components of the unit, and a listing of publications, presentations, and case studies. The GeoPad is a TabletPC ...
Research on Learning: Instructional Design:Teaching in the Field, Use of Technology

A Synthesis of Instructional Strategies in Geoscience Education Literature That Address Barriers to Inclusion for Students With Disabilities part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Ivan G. Carabajal, Anita M. Marshall, Christopher L. Atchison
This article highlights a collection of literature on the use of strategies to improve equity, accessibility, and inclusivity in field environments, including alternative strategies and virtual ...

Subject: Geoscience
Research on Learning: Instructional Design:Teaching in the Field, Ways Of Learning:In the Field

Learning in the Field: Synthesis of research on thinking and learning in the geosciences part of SERC Print Resource Collection
David W. Mogk and Charles Goodwin
This paper begins by addressing practical wisdom that has been drawn from anecdotal reports of learning in the field contributed by geoscience faculty. It then outlines the following attributes of ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology
Research on Learning: Instructional Design:Teaching in the Field, Ways Of Learning:In the Field

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 ...

Subject: Education, Geoscience
Research on Learning: Ways Of Learning:In the Field

Field Geology Education: Historical Perspectives and Modern Approaches part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Steven J. Whitmeyer, David W. Mogk, Eric J. Pyle
Field instruction has traditionally been at the core of the geoscience curriculum. The field experience has been integral to the professional development of future geoscientists, and is particularly ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology
Research on Learning: Instructional Design:Teaching in the Field, Ways Of Learning:In the Field

Learning oceanography from a computer simulation compared with direct experience at sea part of SERC Print Resource Collection
W. Winn, F. Stahr, C. Sarason, R. Fruuland, P. Oppenheimer, and Y.-L. Lee
A one day field trip on a research vessel in Puget Sound helped undergraduate students understand the context of an oceanographic lesson, and improved the conceptual understanding of students who ...

Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography, Education
Research on Learning: Instructional Design:Use of Technology, Teaching in the Field, Ways Of Learning:In the Field, Active/Kinesthetic/Experiential, Cognitive Domain:How information is organized:Mental models

Fieldwork Bibliography part of SERC Web Resource Collection

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: Instructional Design:Teaching in the Field, Ways Of Learning: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

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

Fieldwork in the Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Higher Education Curriculum: an annotated bibliography part of SERC Web Resource Collection

C. Cottingham, M. Healey, P. Gravestock
Subject: Geography
Research on Learning: Ways Of Learning:In the Field

International perspectives on fieldcourses part of SERC Print Resource Collection
K. Nairn, D. Higgitt, D. Vanneste
Abstract: Fieldwork is a distinctive feature of geography in higher education and is therefore a subject that is likely to be scrutinized by an emerging international network. Originating from an ...

Subject: Geography
Research on Learning: Assessment, Ways Of Learning:In the Field