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View article: This Class Definitely Changed My Opinion of Chemistry: How a Pedagogical Course Reform Improved Students’ Chemistry Attitudes
This Class Definitely Changed My Opinion of Chemistry: How a Pedagogical Course Reform Improved Students’ Chemistry Attitudes Open
Introductory chemistry is a gateway course that influences students' persistence in science-related degree programs and careers. Here, we investigate how a deliberate practice-informed introductory chemistry reform influenced student attit…
View article: “I feel listened to and heard”: How social support fosters a sense of belonging for low‐income <scp>STEM</scp> majors
“I feel listened to and heard”: How social support fosters a sense of belonging for low‐income <span>STEM</span> majors Open
Persistence across undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs is exceptionally low. Recent studies have shown that social support and sense of belonging are particularly important for students who are h…
View article: The geoscience education research (GER) community of practice: a brief history and implications from a needs assessment survey
The geoscience education research (GER) community of practice: a brief history and implications from a needs assessment survey Open
The geoscience education research (GER) community has evolved and grown over the past several decades. Using Wenger et al.'s Community of Practice (CoP) model (2002), we discuss how the GER CoP (which is broader than the formal discipline …
View article: “It Just Makes It Feel Like You’re Not Alone”: A Qualitative Study of a Social Support Group for High-Achieving, Low-Income STEM Majors
“It Just Makes It Feel Like You’re Not Alone”: A Qualitative Study of a Social Support Group for High-Achieving, Low-Income STEM Majors Open
The higher education community continues to pursue solutions to the alarming number of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) undergraduates leaving their degree programs. This qualitative study investigated the experiences of 1…
View article: Theoretical Perspectives on Increasing Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Students in the Geosciences
Theoretical Perspectives on Increasing Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Students in the Geosciences Open
For decades, programs targeting the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities (URM) have had local success in broadening participation in the geosciences. Meanwhile, national graduation rates of URM geoscience majors fall be…
View article: Conceptual understanding of sequence stratigraphy
Conceptual understanding of sequence stratigraphy Open
Sequence stratigraphic and Wheeler diagram interpretations require a strong combination of conceptual understanding and diagram reasoning skills. Students are generally exposed to the foundational concepts within sequence stratigraphy (rel…
View article: Geo-STEM Learning Ecosystems: A Social Science-based Approach to Broadening Participation in the Geosciences
Geo-STEM Learning Ecosystems: A Social Science-based Approach to Broadening Participation in the Geosciences Open
The geological sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (geo-STEM) have the capacity to investigate and address geological and environmental challenges. Many of these challenges are embedded in social contexts that unjustly impac…
View article: Chemistry Education for the Geosciences: Perceptions of Importance and Relevant Knowledge
Chemistry Education for the Geosciences: Perceptions of Importance and Relevant Knowledge Open
The role of chemistry in preparing geologists is not well defined or quantified.Chemistry content and coursework can present challenges and misconceptions that act as barriers for many students (Anderson and Libarkin, 2016;Barbera, 2013).T…
View article: Supplemental Material: Chemistry Education for the Geosciences: Perceptions of Importance and Relevant Knowledge
Supplemental Material: Chemistry Education for the Geosciences: Perceptions of Importance and Relevant Knowledge Open
Item 1: original survey administered in this study. Item 2: original data from this study.
View article: Supplemental Material: Chemistry Education for the Geosciences: Perceptions of Importance and Relevant Knowledge
Supplemental Material: Chemistry Education for the Geosciences: Perceptions of Importance and Relevant Knowledge Open
Item 1: original survey administered in this study. Item 2: original data from this study.
View article: Geoscience Education Perspectives on Integrated, Coordinated, Open, Networked (ICON) Science
Geoscience Education Perspectives on Integrated, Coordinated, Open, Networked (ICON) Science Open
Practitioners and researchers in geoscience education embrace collaboration applying ICON (Integrated, Coordinated, Open science, and Networked) principles and approaches which have been used to create and share large collections of educat…
View article: Geoscience Education Perspectives on Integrated, Coordinated, Open, Networked (ICON) Science
Geoscience Education Perspectives on Integrated, Coordinated, Open, Networked (ICON) Science Open
Earth and Space Science Open Archive This preprint has been submitted to and is under consideration at Earth and Space Science. ESSOAr is a venue for early communication or feedback before peer review. Data may be preliminary.Learn more ab…
View article: Spatial skill predicts success on sequence stratigraphic interpretation
Spatial skill predicts success on sequence stratigraphic interpretation Open
Sequence stratigraphic interpretation and three-dimensional spatial and spatiotemporal skills are considered important for the petroleum industry. However, little is known about the relationship between the two. This study begins to fill t…
View article: Analogy Generation in Science Experts and Novices
Analogy Generation in Science Experts and Novices Open
There is a critical inconsistency in the literature on analogical retrieval. On the one hand, a vast set of laboratory studies has found that people often fail to retrieve past experiences that share deep relational commonalities, even whe…
View article: Assessing Water Literacy: Undergraduate Student Conceptions of Groundwater and Surface Water Flow
Assessing Water Literacy: Undergraduate Student Conceptions of Groundwater and Surface Water Flow Open
Given the importance of fresh water, we investigated undergraduate students’ understanding of water flow and its consequences. We probed introductory geology students’ pre-instruction knowledge using a classroom management system at two la…
View article: Identifying Significant Cognitive Factors for Practicing and Learning Meteorology
Identifying Significant Cognitive Factors for Practicing and Learning Meteorology Open
Understanding which cognitive factors facilitate meteorology skills is important for meteorology training and education. This study investigated aspects of cognition important to successful completion of meteorology tasks typically provide…
View article: A multi-institutional study of inquiry-based lab activities using the Augmented Reality Sandbox: impacts on undergraduate student learning
A multi-institutional study of inquiry-based lab activities using the Augmented Reality Sandbox: impacts on undergraduate student learning Open
We developed and tested different pedagogical treatments using an Augmented Reality (AR) Sandbox to teach introductory geoscience students about reading topographic maps at five institutions in both pilot and full implementation studies. T…
View article: Using the Augmented Reality Sandbox to Improve Topographic Map Skill
Using the Augmented Reality Sandbox to Improve Topographic Map Skill Open
Topographic maps represent a three-dimensional (3D) surface using a system of symbols in two-dimensions (2D). To facilitate students’ understanding of topographic maps, the Augmented Reality (AR) Sandbox reads the elevation of actual sand …
View article: Theoretical Perspectives on Increasing Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Students in the Geosciences
Theoretical Perspectives on Increasing Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Students in the Geosciences Open
For decades, programs targeting the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities (URM) have had local success in broadening participation in the geosciences. Meanwhile, national graduation rates of URM geoscience majors fall be…
View article: Promoting Geosciences at Minority-Serving and 2-Year Colleges
Promoting Geosciences at Minority-Serving and 2-Year Colleges Open
Geo-Needs Focus Group Meetings; Naperville, Illinois, 5–7 and 9–11 August 2015
View article: PIXELS: COMPARING CLASSROOM-BASED AND FIELD-BASED LEARNING TO INVESTIGATE STUDENTS’ CONCEPTS OF PIXELS AND SENSE OF SCALE
PIXELS: COMPARING CLASSROOM-BASED AND FIELD-BASED LEARNING TO INVESTIGATE STUDENTS’ CONCEPTS OF PIXELS AND SENSE OF SCALE Open
Spatial thinking is critical to success in the geosciences (fieldwork, visualizing subsurface structures, finding rotation axes in minterals, etc.).• Scale is also an important concept (see work by K. Cheek, R. Trend, and others).• Sense o…