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Direct linkLownsbery, Douglas S.; Flick, Lawrence B. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2020
This study examined middle school students' knowledge and beliefs about earthquake and tsunami through a multidimensional perspective of conceptual change theory. Four related constructs of conceptual change were examined including students' science knowledge, preparedness knowledge, ontological beliefs, and epistemic beliefs. Students responded…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Rural Schools, Geographic Regions, Place of Residence
Download full textSmith, Gary A.; Bermea, Shannon Belle – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2012
Should instructors assume that students possess conceptual knowledge of plate tectonics when they reach a second college geoscience course? Five cohorts in a historical geology course over 5 y--a total of 149 students--completed an in-class assignment in which they drew sketches of plate boundaries with required annotations. Analysis of the…
Descriptors: Plate Tectonics, Prior Learning, Science Instruction, Freehand Drawing
