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Johnson, Elijah T.; McNeal, Karen S. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2022
Spatial thinking skills are crucial for success in any of the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) domains, and they are malleable. One approach to support the development of student spatial skills is through the use of innovative technologies, like the augmented reality (AR) sandbox, that can also effectively teach geoscience…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Spatial Ability, Topography
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Kastens, Kim A.; Zrada, Melissa; Turrin, Margie – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2020
Question-asking is a necessary step towards formulating hypotheses, making decisions, and solving problems, and is Practice #1 in the Next Generation Science Standards. To improve question-asking, educators and researchers need a way to categorize and evaluate students' questions, so as to judge whether an intervention has been effective. We…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Problem Solving, Data Collection, Visualization
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McNeal, Peggy; Ellis, Todd; Petcovic, Heather – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2018
A survey with nine meteorological charts, maps, and images from a 2015 significant weather event was administered to meteorologists (N = 93) to identify which spatial thinking skills they report using with each chart, map, and image. Results reveal high reported use of mental animation (74.6%), disembedding (72.4%), and perspective taking (71.6%)…
Descriptors: Meteorology, Spatial Ability, Charts, Maps
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Drennan, Gillian R.; Evans, Mary Y. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2011
First year Geology students at the University of the Witwatersrand experience problems with both three-dimensional and "four-dimensional" (or time) visualization when attempting to interpret geological maps. These difficulties have been addressed by the introduction of hands-on modeling exercises, which allow students to construct…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Introductory Courses, Geology