Recently added articles from Journal of Geoscience Education:
Professional Development Needs and Outcomes for Education-Engaged Scientists: A Research-Based Framework
May 01, 2008; Thiry, Heather; Laursen, Sandra L; Hunter, Anne-Barrie ... ABSTRACT Involvement of scientists in education is essential to strengthen quality and access to US science education at the K-12 and higher levels. Yet little research evidence exists to help practitioners understand scientists' education and outreach interests, beliefs, and ...
Some Cycles of Nature - Applications of M. Montessori's Cosmic Education in a Nursery School
May 01, 2008; Herbst, Paul; Gruber-Fuchs, M; Herbst, E ... ABSTRACT By means of Montessori education, children aged from 3 to 6 years were introduced to the basics of earth-sciences in general and of glaciology in particular. For this purpose, a one-year-program was established under the principles of Cosmic Education (Sensu Montessori) in order ...
Demonstrating the Stratification of Dimictic and Meromictic Lakes in a Fish Tank
May 01, 2008; Rodbell, Donald T ... ABSTRACT The demonstration described in this paper attempts to illustrate the main controls on the vertical circulation of lake water. This phenomenon integrates the effects of annual air temperature cycles, fetch, and possible groundwater sources to a lake. Because the nature of a ...
Environmental History of the Southwest as a General Science Education Course
May 01, 2008; Sheppard, Paul R; Hallman, Christine L; Towner, Ronald H ... ABSTRACT Environmental History of the Southwest is a general science education course at the University of Arizona with an emphasis on human-environment interaction of the past and an objective of preparing non-science majors to understand and critically evaluate contemporary ...
Geoscience Conceptual Knowledge of Preservice Elementary Teachers: Results from the Geoscience Concept Inventory
May 01, 2008; Petcovic, Heather L; Ruhf, Robert J ... ABSTRACT Effective instruction hinges in part on understanding what prior knowledge students bring to the classroom, and on evaluating how this knowledge changes during instruction. In many disciplines, multiple-choice tests have been developed to gauge student prior knowledge and assess ...
Integrating Topics in an Introductory Hydrogeology Course through a Semester-long Hydraulic Containment Design Project
May 01, 2008; Neupauer, Roseanna M ... ABSTRACT A semester-long hydraulic containment design project provides a practical application of the topics covered in an introductory hydrogeology course, and serves as a better vehicle than traditional approaches for integrating the topics. Traditional homework assignments typically ...
The Effect of Using Inquiry and Multiple Representations on Introductory Geology Students' Conceptual Model Development of Coastal Eutrophication
May 01, 2008; McNeal, Karen S; Miller, Heather R; Herbert, Bruce E ... ABSTRACT Collegiate introductory Earth science courses are frequently terminal science courses for non-science majors. As a result these courses, such as the introductory physical geology course in this research study, are the final opportunity Earth science instructors have to support ...
The Dry-erase Cube: Making Three-dimensional Visualization Easy
May 01, 2008; Kuiper, Yvette D ... ABSTRACT The 10 cm dry-erase cube is an effective tool for illustrating the three-dimensionality of geological features in maps, cross sections and block diagrams, and it aids in the understanding of stereographic projections and orientated samples. It is ideal for use in classes and ...
Increasing Learning in Introductory Geoscience Courses Using Lecture Tutorials
May 01, 2008; Kortz, Karen M; Smay, Jessica J; Murray, Daniel P ... ABSTRACT Students often leave introductory geoscience courses without learning the scientific perspective, and we developed Lecture Tutorials to help alleviate this problem. Lecture Tutorials are 10-20 minute interactive worksheets that students complete in small groups in class after a ...
Improving Urban Earth Science Education: The TRUST Model
May 01, 2008; Macdonald, Maritza; Sloan, Heather; Miele, Eleanor; Powell, Wayne; Silvernail, David; Kinzler, Rosamond; Hong, Julia; Simon, Carmen ... ABSTRACT TRUST, or Teacher Renewal for Urban Science Teaching, is a National Science Foundation funded Earth science teacher preparation partnership between the American Museum of Natural History and Brooklyn and Lehman Colleges of the City University of New York. Our research and ...