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Kathryn M. Bateman; Brandin Conrath; Joy Ham; Anne Egger; Kristen St. John; Thomas Shipley – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic differentially disrupted daily activity in higher education during the spring of 2020, with ramifications for geoscience instructors' teaching practices. Though facing similar challenges in this transition to many faculty nationwide, disciplinary specific coursework, such as field work and field trips to observe geological…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Science Instruction, COVID-19, Pandemics
Luvia R. Nastiti; Widha Sunarno; Sukarmin Sukarmin; Sulistyo Saputro; Luqman Baehaqi – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
The intricacy of real-world challenges in project-based geoscience learning is complex to assess with a STEM approach; hence, research into an effective model is necessary to address current issues in education. Understanding the role of STEM in resolving challenging real-world issues requires integrating STEM literacy that is appropriate for…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Multiple Literacies, Active Learning, Student Projects
Christine B. Georgakakos; James Knighton – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2024
There is a growing consensus that hydrology education should move towards student-led learning formats and simultaneously incorporate recent hydrologic technologies that reflect workforce expectations. Prior theory suggests improvements in learning outcomes from student-led learning; however, little empirical evidence has been collected to confirm…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Science Instruction, Higher Education, Teaching Methods
Alex K. Manda – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2025
This study explores the relationship between the self-confidence and content knowledge of undergraduate students in a large enrollment geoscience course following an active-learning think-pair-share (TPS) activity, and whether high confidence necessarily leads to overconfidence. We used a pre-experimental, one group pre-test -- post-test design,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Large Group Instruction
Gwo-Jen Hwang; Yi-Ting Chen; Shu-Yun Chien – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
With the growing popularity of Virtual Reality (VR), the integration of the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework provides insights into its role in facilitating student learning in VR environments. VR offers immersive experiences and visualization of abstract concepts. However, the abundance of information in VR can be overwhelming without proper…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Concept Mapping
Kirsty Dunnett; Anders Mattias Lundmark – International Journal of Science Education, 2024
'A lack of prior knowledge in the other discipline' is often given by geoscience instructors to explain why students struggle to apply knowledge from other disciplines to the Earth. We examine this assumption by considering the disciplinary crossing of buoyancy (physics) to isostasy (geoscience). We investigate the teachers' perspective through…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Earth Science, Interdisciplinary Approach, Physics
Amy Pallant; Christopher Lore; Hee-Sun Lee; Stephanie Seevers; Trudi Lord – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2025
This paper describes how plate tectonics and rock genesis, two topics that are typically addressed separately in secondary Earth science classes, can be taught together as an integrated system. We define the TecRocks Reasoning Framework, developed to support student reasoning about rock formation situated in the context of plate tectonics. We also…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Secondary School Students, Geology, Plate Tectonics
Gunes Keskin Cevik; Hikmet Surmeli – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
Learning about the Earth through geoscience education is important in order to make informed decisions about the future of the Earth. The aim of this study is to examine students' conceptual development on geoscience subjects based on inquiry-based learning. 7th grade students participated in this study. The researcher prepared lesson plans and…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Science Tests, Heuristics, Scientific Concepts
Brian Abramowitz; Pavlo D. Antonenko; Megan Ennes; Stephanie Killingsworth – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2025
Climate change education is a key concept in pre-collegiate curricula across the world. However, teachers experience barriers to effectively teaching about climate change. One avenue for addressing some of the barriers is through scientist-teacher partnerships where a scientist offers real-world examples of how climate change is studied. This…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Climate, Technology Uses in Education
Phil Seok Oh; Heesoo Ha; Seungho Maeng – International Journal of Science Education, 2025
The field of science education has put effort into providing opportunities for students to position themselves as epistemic agents pursuing the goal of making sense of natural phenomena. However, students often struggle in adapting scientific practices to achieve the sense-making goal. In this position paper, we conceptualise students'…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Self Concept, Personal Autonomy, Learner Engagement
Jessica Stephenson Reaves; Anna Arias – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2024
Equitable sensemaking allows for meaningful understanding of the big ideas of science and deeper engagement in science practices. Many nonscience majors, including elementary preservice teachers (PSTs), do not have opportunities to engage in equitable sensemaking within their secondary or college-level courses. An innovative cycle to support…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Undergraduate Students, Earth Science
Jessica Sickler; Michelle Lentzner; Lynn T. Goldsmith; Lauren Brase; Randall Kochevar – International Journal of Science Education, 2024
The need for data literacy is an increasingly pressing priority in society, but most of the work in data-centred education has focused on developing skills at the middle school, secondary, and post-secondary levels, with little attention on the potential for engaging elementary-aged students in reasoning with and about data. This paper reports…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Christopher Lore; Hee-Sun Lee; Amy Pallant; Charles Connor; Jie Chao – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
As computational methods are widely used in science disciplines, integrating computational thinking (CT) into classroom materials can create authentic science learning experiences for students. In this study, we classroom-tested a CT-integrated geoscience curriculum module designed for secondary students. The module consisted of three inquiry…
Descriptors: Risk, Science Instruction, Physical Geography, Natural Disasters
Tyler G. Smith; Karen S. McNeal – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2024
Outdoor field experiences have long been part of the traditional curriculum in geoscience-related disciplines and are considered a key aspect of professional development in these areas. When the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancelation of many field excursions around the world, geoscience departments were forced to make abrupt changes to the ways…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Department Heads, Earth Science, Science Instruction
Salah Ben Hammou; Abdelaziz Kesbi – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
The Moroccan Ministry of Education has recently implemented a multilingual programme, called 'language alternation' (LA). The programme aims at improving students' foreign language (FL) proficiency level and promoting plurilingualism by using French, English, and Spanish, for the teaching of math, physics and life and earth sciences at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction