Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

USING EYE TRACKING TO EXPLORE HOW THE SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT OF TEXT AND FIGURES INFLUENCES GEOLOGY LEARNING

Melanie M. Busch, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ and Joshua A. Coyan, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ and Stephen J. Reynolds, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

180653 (Technical Sessions)

8:15 AM

INTEGRATING BLOOMS TAXONOMY OF CRITICAL THINKING WITH PHYSICAL GEOLOGY CONTENT

Charles H. Fletcher, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI and Ryan Flahive, J. Wiley and Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ and Ellen Ford, J. Wiley and Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ and Ruth Fletcher, Punahou School, Honolulu, HI

178653 (Technical Sessions)

8:30 AM

REASONING ABOUT PLATE TECTONICS AND EARTHQUAKES: STUDENT MULTIMODAL SENSE MAKING WITH GESTURES, SELF-GENERATED DRAWINGS, LABELING AND VERBAL EXPLANATION

John C. Bedward, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and David A. McConnell, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

176264 (Technical Sessions)

8:45 AM

ANALOGICAL REASONING AND GLOBAL CHANGE LITERACY

Duncan F. Sibley, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI and Dedre Gentner, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL and Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

178407 (Technical Sessions)

9:00 AM

DO MAPS TELL THE WHOLE STORY? GEOLOGIC MENTAL MODELS AS EXPRESSED VERBALLY AND BY MAPS

Heather L. Petcovic, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI and Joe T. Elkins, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO and Caitlin N. Callahan, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

179684 (Technical Sessions)

9:15 AM

TEMPORAL SIGNATURES OF GEOLOGICAL WORKING MEMORY

Emily M. Geraghty Ward, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI and Julie C. Libarkin, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

178523 (Technical Sessions)

9:30 AM

STUDENT LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING OF SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC CONCEPTS

Juan S. Herrera, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN and Eric Riggs, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

177566 (Technical Sessions)

9:45 AM

GEOSCIENCE STUDENTS' SPATIAL COGNITION: RESULTS FROM MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL CLASSROOM STUDIES

Carol Ormand, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Cathryn Manduca, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Thomas Shipley, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and Basil Tikoff, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI

178108 (Technical Sessions)

10:00 AM

DO PRESERVICE ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE TEACHERS UNDERSTAND EARTH'S SHAPE AND GRAVITY? RELATIONSHIPS TO SPATIAL ABILITY AND MISCONCEPTIONS

Alice Black, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO

182655 (Technical Sessions)

10:15 AM

RECOGNIZING EARTH SCIENCE MISCONCEPTIONS AND RECONSTRUCTING KNOWLEDGE THROUGH CONCEPTUAL-CHANGE-TEACHING

Carol A. Engelmann, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI and William I. Rose, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI and Jacqueline E. Huntoon, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI and Erika Vye, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI and Mark F. Klawiter, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI

177390 (Technical Sessions)

10:30 AM

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND LEARNING GAINS on THE GEOSCIENCE CONCEPT INVENTORY (GCI) IN AN INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY LAB COURSE

Christina A. Estes, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and David A. McConnell, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

177650 (Technical Sessions)

10:45 AM

ROLE OF GENDER IN STUDENT AFFECT IN INTRODUCTORY PHYSICAL GEOLOGY COURSES AT MULTIPLE INSTITUTIONS

Tatiana Vislova, SUNY College at Oneonta, Shoreview, MN and Karl R. Wirth, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN and David McConnell, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and Jennifer A. Stempien, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO and William M. Benson, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA and Ronald K. Matheney, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND and Katrien J. van der Hoeven Kraft, Mesa Community College at Red Mountain, Mesa, AZ and David A. Budd, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO and Lisa Gilbert, Williams College Williams-Mystic, Mystic, CT and Ann Bykerk-Kauffman, California State Univ, Chico, Chico, CA

181882 (Technical Sessions)

11:00 AM

SELF-EFFICACY ROCKS! A COMPARISON OF STUDENT AFFECT AND PERFORMANCE IN PHYSICAL GEOLOGY COURSES

Ann Bykerk-Kauffman, California State Univ, Chico, Chico, CA and Karl R. Wirth, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN and Jennifer A. Stempien, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO and Ronald K. Matheney, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND and David A. McConnell, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and Dexter Perkins, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND and Meredith J. Wilson, Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, AZ and David Budd, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO and Lisa Gilbert, Williams College Williams-Mystic, Mystic, CT and Katrien J. van der Hoeven Kraft, Mesa Community College at Red Mountain, Mesa, AZ

181589 (Technical Sessions)

11:15 AM

THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD – LESS PRIOR KNOWLEDGE BUT HIGH SELF-EFFICACY IS EQUIVALENT TO GREATER PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND LOW SELF-EFFICACY

David A. McConnell, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and Ronald K. Matheney, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND and Jennifer A. Stempien, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO and Dexter Perkins, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND and Katrien J. van der Hoeven Kraft, Mesa Community College at Red Mountain, Mesa, AZ and Tatiana Vislova, SUNY College at Oneonta, Shoreview, MN and Karl R. Wirth, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN and David A. Budd, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO and Ann Bykerk-Kauffman, California State Univ, Chico, Chico, CA and Lisa Gilbert, Williams College Williams-Mystic, Mystic, CT

181041 (Technical Sessions)

11:30 AM

USING QUALITATIVE DATA TO UNDERSTAND STUDENTS' DECISION MAKING STRATEGIES IN THE FIELD

Russell N. Balliet, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN and Eric Riggs, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

182291 (Technical Sessions)

11:45 AM

GETTING THE INSIDE TRACK: HEAD-MOUNTED CAMERAS GIVE NEW PERSPECTIVE on PROCESS OF BEDROCK MAPPING

Caitlin N. Callahan, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI and Heather L. Petcovic, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI and Kathleen M. Baker, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

179833 (Technical Sessions)

76 Geoscience Education II: Cognition and Learning in the Geosciences

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