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Hello Carol -- are abstracts still being accepted for this session? If so, how do I submit? Fred Finley On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 2:44 PM, cormand <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Dear colleagues, > > I am writing to alert you to a session I am co-convening with Tim Slater at > AGU, on Cognition and Learning in Geoscience Education. I hope many of you > will submit abstracts for this session, described below. > > All the best, > Carol > > > 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. > -- Fred Finley Science and Environmental Education Associate Professor Department of Curriculum and Instruction University of Minnesota - Twin Cites [log in to unmask]