ED43H:
Using Virtual and Physical Models to Develop Spatial Skills in the Lab, Field, and Classroom Posters


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Session ID#: 49285

Session Description:
Geoscientists deal with a range of spatial problems and supporting learning to solve spatial problems is critical for maintaining a strong workforce. The relative ease and availability of new technologies, such as 3D printers and virtual reality, may lead to increased use in the classroom. However, research into the efficacy of these materials, and specifically how to deploy them to help students with 3D and spatiotemporal reasoning is needed to help faculty implement them in the classroom. Evidence informed practices can help guide the use of models as part of active learning pedagogy. This session invites presentations on research into innovative interventions to assist student learning, including Augmented Reality Sandboxes, 3D printing, physical models, clickers, computer models, animations, etc. Talks that include student data that inform at which stage in the curriculum and /or best practices for how new technologies can be used to support spatial learning are encouraged.
Primary Convener:  Alexandra E Davatzes, Temple University, Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Conveners:  Allison J. Jaeger, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States and Thomas F. Shipley, Temple University, Psychology, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Alexandra E Davatzes, Temple University, Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Chairs:  Allison J. Jaeger, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States and Thomas F. Shipley, Temple University, Psychology, Philadelphia, PA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Alexandra E Davatzes, Temple University, Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Index Terms:

0820 Curriculum and laboratory design [EDUCATION]
0825 Teaching methods [EDUCATION]
0845 Instructional tools [EDUCATION]
0850 Geoscience education research [EDUCATION]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Affordable rotating fluid demonstrations for geoscience education: The "DIYnamics" project (411012)
Spencer A Hill, UCLA AOS & Caltech GPS, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Juan Manuel Lora, University of California, Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, & Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Norris Chih-Min Khoo, University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Sean Faulk, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Jonathan M Aurnou, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States
Challenges in making meaning from Ground Motion Visualizations: The role of geoscience knowledge in interpreting dynamic spatiotemporal patterns (467241)
Mike R Brudzinski, Miami University (OH), Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Oxford, United States, Allison J. Jaeger, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States and Thomas F. Shipley, Temple University, Psychology, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Teaching First-Year Undergraduates and K-12 Teachers Visualization Skills Through Coding (435719)
Eliza Richardson, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States
Educational Applications of an Enhanced Augmented Reality Sandbox (373629)
Eliza Jobin-Davis1, Mandar M Dewoolkar2, Donna M Rizzo3, Scott D Hamshaw2, Luis A Garcia4 and Kristen Underwood5, (1)University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States, (2)University of Vermont, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Burlington, United States, (3)University of Vermont, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Burlington, United States, (4)University of Vermont, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Burlington, VT, United States, (5)University of Vermont, Civil & Environmental Engineering; Water Resources Institute, Burlington, United States
Merging Augmented Reality with Planetary Globes to Enhance Earth and Space Science Education. (384501)
John R Skok, SETI Institute Mountain View, Mountain View, CA, United States, Joanne Dai, AstroReality, Los Gatos, United States and AstroReality
Virtual Outcrop Models for development of spatial reasoning skills and public engagement (Invited) (405925)
Clare E. Bond, University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences, Aberdeen, United Kingdom and ADAM Cawood, Washington, DC, United States
Using Virtual Field Trips in Geoscience Education at a Small Liberal Arts College (414252)
Justin W Hustoft, Mount Mary University, Milwaukee, CA, United States
Virtual Explorations of the Pacific Coast of the Cenozoic (467639)
Don Haas1, Lisa D White2 and Robert M Ross1, (1)Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY, United States, (2)University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA, United States

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