Recently added articles from Journal of Geoscience Education:
Editorial: Thinking and Learning in the Geosciences
Sep 01, 2009; ... Educational systems are complicated, comprising many components, but one central concern of any system involves the fostering of student thinking and learning. One of the main challenges of science education is to develop thinking skills among learners in order to strengthen their scientific ...
A Note From Your Editors
Sep 01, 2009; ... We would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the new JGE! Roger and Nir deserve special thanks for making this issue possible. Their careful editing and attention to detail have resulted in a suite of papers that can stand as exemplars as we move into a new era for geoscience ...
Corrections
Sep 01, 2009; ... Fortner (2009) published in the March 2009 JGE was missing an acknowledgment. The correct acknowledgment should read, "This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number ...
Commentary: Fostering Students' Argumentation Skills in Geoscience Education
Sep 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT This paper considers opportunities for teachers to use an argumentation pedagogy in order to develop students' geoscience thinking skills. Educational argumentation principles and procedures are outlined. Argumentation can foster both student and teacher motivation and interest ...
A Novel Approach to Teaching and Understanding Transformations of Matter in Dynamic Earth Systems
Sep 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT The need to engage K-12 and post-secondary students in considering the Earth as a dynamic system requires explicit discussion of system characteristics. Fundamentally, dynamic systems involve the movement and change of matter, often through processes that are difficult to see ...