Physical Geology (GEOL 121) at Towson University part of Introductory Courses:Virtual Workshop 2014:Essay Collection
Joel Moore, Physics, Astronomy, and Geosciences, Towson University Towson University is a predominantly undergraduate, public institution with ~18,800 undergraduates (~35% growth from fall 2003 to fall 2013) and ...

The role of majors and non-majors geology courses at a 2-year college part of Introductory Courses:Virtual Workshop 2014:Essay Collection
Deron Carter, Physical Sciences, Linn-Benton Community College Linn-Benton Community College offers a year-long geology sequence, with courses in physical geology, surface processes, and historical geology. We ...

Duncan Sibley part of Metacognition:Workshop 08:Participant Essays
Reasoning and Learning with Analogies: Making Metacognition "Natural" Duncan Sibley, Center for Research on College Science Teaching and Learning, Michigan State University By show of hands, roughly 70% ...

Thomas Brown part of Metacognition:Workshop 08:Participant Essays
Metacognition and the Challenges of Teaching Geosciences in an Era of Fundamental Change by Thomas Brown, Department of Physical Sciences, Austin Community College I am relatively new to geoscience classroom ...

Dexter Perkins part of Metacognition:Workshop 08:Participant Essays
Metacognition: Thinking about Thinking and Learning Dexter Perkins, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota Starting in 1948, Benjamin Bloom and coworkers developed a ...

Karl Wirth part of Metacognition:Workshop 08:Participant Essays
Learning About Thinking and Thinking About Learning: Metacognitive Knowledge and Skills for Intentional Learners by Karl Wirth, Department of Geology & Center for Scholarship and Teaching, Macalester College In ...

Teaching About Time Using Timeline Activities in a Multi‐Disciplinary Course on North American Environments for Non‐Science Majors part of Rates and Time:Workshop 2012:Essays
Marguerite S.E. Forest, Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University My background in environmental geography has provided me with some experience related to teaching and learning ...

Plate tectonics: A deep time and planetary perspective part of Rates and Time:Workshop 2012:Essays
John Weber, Geology Department, Grand Valley State University James Lawrence Powell, in his poignant and insightful popular science book, Mysteries of Terra Firma, lists and discusses the three big ideas ...

Teaching vastness of Earth's history and past vs present climate/oceanographic changes part of Rates and Time:Workshop 2012:Essays
Cara K. Thompson, Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University ­ ­I have taught a historical geology class in a region of the US that is referred to as the "bible belt" in which students fly ...

Hierarchical Alignment of Temporal Magnitude part of Rates and Time:Workshop 2012:Essays
Ilyse Resnick, Psychology Department, Temple University One challenge in teaching and learning about time is the disconnect between the linear scale of time and how temporal information is cognitively represented. ...