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Cox, Helen; Kelly, Kimberle; Yetter, Laura – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2014
This curriculum and instruction paper describes initial implementation and evaluation of remote-sensing exercises designed to promote post-secondary climate literacy in the geosciences. Tutorials developed by the first author engaged students in the analysis of climate change data obtained from NASA satellite missions, including the LANDSAT,…
Descriptors: Climate, Spatial Ability, Technology Uses in Education, Navigation (Information Systems)
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Hannafin, Robert D.; Truxaw, Mary P.; Vermillion, Jennifer R.; Liu, Yingjie – Journal of Educational Research, 2008
The authors investigated the effects of student spatial ability, as measured by Raven's Progressive Colored Matrices (J. C. Raven, 1938) and type of instructional program on geometry achievement. Sixth-grade students worked through either 6 instructional activities in Geometer's Sketchpad (Key Curriculum Press, 1993), a dynamic geometry program,…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Spatial Ability, Time on Task, Geometry