ED21D
Understanding Learning Processes in Geoscience Classrooms: New Tools and Insights Posters

Tuesday, 15 December 2015: 08:00-12:20
Poster Hall (Moscone South)
Primary Conveners:  Ritayan Mitra, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States
Conveners:  Karen McNeal, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States
Chairs:  Karen McNeal, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States and Rachel Atkins, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Ritayan Mitra, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States
 
Teaching Spatial Thinking in Undergraduate Geology Courses Using Tools and Strategies from Cognitive Science Research (Invited) (60426)
Carol J Ormand1,2, Thomas F. Shipley3, Barbara L Dutrow4, Laurel B Goodwin1, Thomas A Hickson5, Basil Tikoff6, Kinnari Atit7, Kristin Michod Gagnier7 and Ilyse Resnick8, (1)Univ Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, United States, (2)Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College, Northfield, MN, United States, (3)Temple University, Psychology, Philadelphia, PA, United States, (4)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (5)University of St Thomas, St. Paul, MN, United States, (6)Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States, (7)Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, (8)University of Delaware, School of Education, Newark, DE, United States
 
An analysis of TA-Student Interaction and the Development of Concepts in 3-d Space Through Language, Objects, and Gesture in a College-level Geoscience Laboratory (63120)
Seth Lawrence King, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States
 
Expert and Novice Approaches to Using Graphs: Evidence from Eye-Track Experiments (Invited) (72178)
Karl R Wirth, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN, United States
 
PIXELS: Using field-based learning to investigate students’ concepts of pixels and sense of scale (78721)
Allen Pope1, Laura Tinigin2, Heather L Petcovic2, Carol J Ormand3 and Nicole LaDue4, (1)National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, (3)Carleton College, Northfield, MN, United States, (4)Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, United States
 
Spatial Thinking and Visualisation of Real-World Concepts using GeoMapApp (80491)
Andrew M Goodwillie, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observ, Palisades, NY, United States and The IEDA Team
 
Pupil diameter as predictor of cognitive load: A novel tool for geoscience education research (80811)
Ritayan Mitra and Karen McNeal, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States
 
Psychometric Principles in Measurement for Geoscience Education Research: A Climate Change Example (Invited) (85366)
Julie C Libarkin, Michigan State University, Natural Science Building; Department of Geological Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States
 
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