Field-based Learning part of Research on Learning:Synthesis Study
Most research on school-based learning has focused on learning that occurs in a classroom, laboratory, library or computer room. But in earth science, ecology, and environmental science, a different venue is ...

Spatial Thinking in Geosciences part of Research on Learning:Synthesis Study
Spatial thinking is thinking that finds meaning in the shape, size, orientation, location, direction or trajectory, of objects, processes or phenomena, or the relative positions in space of multiple objects, ...

Geological Time part of Research on Learning:Synthesis Study
Geology deals with vastness of time that is far outside human experience. Our common experience of time, and our ancestors' experiences that shaped our brain's evolution, span intervals from a moment, to ...

Complex Earth Systems part of Research on Learning:Synthesis Study
The terms "Earth System Science" and "Systems Thinking in Earth Science" and "Complex Systems of the Earth" have been used to refer to at least four distinct, but interrelated, ...

The Nature of Geoscience Expertise part of Research on Learning:Synthesis Study
This technical session at the 2009 Geological Society of America's Annual Meeting in Portland, OR, explored key aspects of geoscience expertise including spatial and temporal thinking, understanding Earth as ...

Field-based Learning Resources part of Research on Learning:Synthesis Study
A collection of resources related to field-based learning. Skip to search results Skip to search facet filtersSkip to text search formSkip to paginationRefine the Results↓ SubjectBiology 4 matches ...

Synthesis of Research on Thinking and Learning in the Geosciences part of Research on Learning:Synthesis Study
This project synthesizes existing knowledge and articulates unanswered questions in critical areas of research on cognition and learning relevant to the Geosciences.

Scoping Meeting Participants part of Research on Learning:Synthesis Study
Cinzia Cervato, Iowa State University (affective domain research) Robert Frodeman, University of North Texas (homepage)  Charles Goodwin, University of California - Los Angeles (homepage)  Lynn Liben, ...

The Development of Geoscientists: From Novice to Professional part of Research on Learning:Synthesis Study
This set of technical sessions at the 2010 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union explored strategies and approaches that can be used to effectively initiate novices into the ranks of professional ...

Spatial Thinking Resources part of Research on Learning:Synthesis Study
A collection of resources related to understanding spatial thinking in the geosciences. Skip to search results Skip to text search formSkip to pagination Results 1 - 10 of 91 matches BGeology 3D part of SERC Web ...