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.

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.