Journal of Geoscience Education back issues from March 2004:
The State of the Journal 2004
Mar 01, 2004; ... Volume 51 of the Journal of Geoscience Education, published in 2003 documented the continuing evolution of how pedagogical research in the geosciences is conducted and presented. Without question, 2003 was an exceptional year for the Journal, the rate of submission of new manuscripts remained ...
A Field-Oriented Volcanology Course to Improve Earth Science Teaching
Mar 01, 2004; ... ABSTRACT Volcanology for Earth Science Teachers (VEST), a teacher enhancement project conducted by the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH-Hilo), was funded by the National Science Foundation from 1994 to 1996. During the project, a total of 75 middle- and secondary-school Earth science ...
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Assessment, and the Journal of Geoscience Education
Mar 01, 2004; ... All of us want to be good teachers. Those of us who are most concerned about teaching and learning seek ideas from students, colleagues, consultants and others in efforts to improve the quality of education in our classrooms. We attend workshops and we read journals such as the Journal of ...
The Effect of Multiple Formats on Understanding Complex Visual Displays
Mar 01, 2004; ... ABSTRACT Students in introductory science courses frequently have difficulty comprehending complex graphics such as contour maps. Computer-assisted instruction (CAI), because of its ability to convey the same information in different formats, may help students gain necessary graphic ...
A Problem-Based Learning Exercise for Environmental Geology
Mar 01, 2004; ... ABSTRACT A site investigation in which students act as remedial project managers for the state, the polluter and the local community has been designed as a problem-based learning exercise in an upper-level environmental geology course. The 3 week long (6 class meetings) exercise serves ...
Enhancing GIS Education with Student-Created Labs and a Peer Reference Manual
Mar 01, 2004; ... ABSTRACT Typically, students from a wide variety of academic majors and backgrounds enroll in introductory Geographic Information System (GIS) courses. In these classes, students learn the basic analytical skills and geographic science in order to appropriately use a GIS, while also ...
Multimedia Model for the Utilization of Geoscience Educational Resources in Public Parks near Urban Centers, Hudson Highlands, New York
Mar 01, 2004; ... ABSTRACT A model to encourage the utilization of geoscience educational resources within public nature-type parks is being developed in Harriman-Bear Mountain-Sterling Forest State Park, Hudson Highlands, New York using multimedia techniques. The model uses a videotape to pique peoples ...
Eighth Grade Students' Understandings of Groundwater
Mar 01, 2004; ... ABSTRACT According to national standards, eighth graders should possess appropriate understandings regarding groundwater and its role in the hydrologic cycle. This study identifies what types of ideas eighth graders actually possess, providing invaluable information for high school and ...
Sustaining K-12 Professional Development in Geology: Recurrent Participation in RockCamp
Mar 01, 2004; ... ABSTRACT A reconnaissance study of the geology professional development program known as RockCamp was initiated to examine the sustained, or recurrent, participation of K-12 science teachers. Open-ended interviews, concept mapping, and creative writing assignments were used to explore ...
Incorporating GPS Technology with a Campus Geology Walking Tour
Mar 01, 2004; ... ABSTRACT A university campus geology walking tour can provide students with the opportunity to examine a variety of geologic features as well as rock, mineral, and fossil specimens contained in building stones, monuments, and rock gardens. By incorporating handheld GPS receivers into the ...
Comments on "The Lifestyle Project"
Mar 01, 2004; ... As an Associate Editor for the Journal of Geoscience Education, my main duty is to handle manuscripts as they go through the review process. This means I read them carefully and select appropriate reviewers. It also means that I get to see them before publication. One of the most ...
Contributions* to NAGT Funds in 2003
Mar 01, 2004; ... Dottie Stout Memorial Fund Elizabeth Ambos Tanya Atwater John Bartley Gale Bishop Robert Blodgett John Cartenter John Coash Patricia Craw Michael Cummings N.B. Cygan Robyn W. Dunbar Heather ...
Research Methodologies in Science Education: Human Subjects and Education Research
Mar 01, 2004; ... "the general rule is that if there is any element of research in an activity, that activity should undergo review for the protection of human subjects" -from The Belmont Report Maria and Alan, both geology professors at a large state university, are submitting a proposal to the ...
Watershed-Based Integration of Hydrology, Geochemistry, and Geophysics in an Environmental Geology Curriculum
Mar 01, 2004; ... ABSTRACT Inquiry-based study focused on the campus watershed was initiated at Binghamton University after creation of an undergraduate Environmental Geology Track within the Geological Sciences curriculum. Use of the watershed in environmental geology courses has been implemented to 1) ...
Using Food to Demonstrate Earth Science Concepts: a Review
Mar 01, 2004; ... ABSTRACT This paper categorizes over one hundred print and web resources that use food to demonstrate earth science concepts with the goal of placing these resources in a more usable format for K-12 earth science instructors. Most activities: 1) are found with nearly equal frequency from ...
Online Near-Real-Time Seismic System for the Classroom
Mar 01, 2004; ... ABSTRACT A software system, named Seismic Internet Monitoring Application (SIMA), has been developed to allow near-real-time display and evaluation of seismic traces via the Internet. SIMA consists of three components: an embedded microsystem which connects directly to the seismometer ...
Service-Learning Practice in Upper Division Geoscience Courses: Bridging Undergraduate Learning, Teaching, and Research
Mar 01, 2004; ... ABSTRACT Service-learning practice has been implemented in a number of upper division geoscience courses taught at the University of Connecticut. These courses include engineering geology, environmental geophysics, exploration seismology, and geology and geophysics field schools. The ...
Hypothesis Testing in Introductory Laboratories and Conceptual Change Theory
Mar 01, 2004; ... Hannula (2003) presents an important and efficient strategy for bringing additional critical thinking into geology laboratory exercises. Her strategy involves asking students to make predictions prior to engaging in the exercises, and requires some revision of the exercises themselves such that ...
Soil Science and Geology: Connects, Disconnects and New Opportunities in Geoscience Education
Mar 01, 2004; ... ABSTRACT Despite historical linkages, the fields of geology and soil science have developed along largely divergent paths in the United States during much of the mid- to late- twentieth century. The shift in recent decades within both disciplines to greater emphasis on environmental ...
Web Resources for Fieldwork
Mar 01, 2004; ... Use of the World Wide Web has created many opportunities for learning earth systems concepts. Students can access real time data, documents, images, movies, visualizations, and sounds that were mostly unavailable only a decade ago. While the World Wide Web has brought opportunities it has also ...