hi folks,
With both the GSA and AGU abstract deadlines coming up (July 26 and August 4, respectively), I am writing to invite you to submit abstracts for two sessions I am co-convening:
1. At GSA, T167. Time, Events, and Places: Understanding Temporal and Spatial Learning in Geoscience Education
National Association of Geoscience Teachers; Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center
Thomas Shipley, Steven Semken, Carol J. OrmandStudents have trouble learning about and reasoning with large temporal and spatial scales. This session will present geoscience education and cognitive science research on spatial and temporal thinking to offer possible ways to improve learning.
2. At AGU, ED16: Cognition and Learning in Geoscience Education
Carol Ormand (SERC, Carleton College) and Timothy Slater (University of Wyoming)
Cognitive science as a discipline stands poised to make a difference in real world applications. This session highlights attempts to understand the ways in which cognitive science theories manifest themselves in the teaching and learning of the geosciences, and the ways in which those theories can be used to improve geosciences education. Theoretical and applied submissions related to cognitive science research (i.e.: cognitive load, spatial reasoning, visualization, affect, social discourse, place-based learning, novice vs. expert problem solving, conceptual change, metacognition) are encouraged, including proposals related to the empirical testing of science curricula that have been modified according to core cognitive science principles.
All the best,
Carol
