2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)
Session No. 68 Sunday, 18 October 2009
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Oregon Convention Center: B117/118/119

T108. Spatial Skills in the Geosciences (National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience Education Division)

Cathryn A. Manduca, Basil Tikoff, Thomas F. Shipley and Carol J. Ormand, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
68-11:35 PM SPATIAL VISUALIZATION AND THE ROLE OF WORKING MEMORY: SHIPLEY, Thomas, Psychology, Temple University, 1701 N 13th street, Phildelphia, PA 19122, tshipley@temple.edu
68-21:50 PM A ROLE FOR MENTAL ROTATIONS IN FIELD-BASED PROBLEM SOLVING: RIGGS, Eric M., Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and CRESME, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, emriggs@purdue.edu and BALLIET, Russell N., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drv, 550 Stadium Mall DrvCivil Engineering Building, Room 2286, West Lafayette, IN 47906
68-32:10 PM COGSKETCH: SKETCH UNDERSTANDING FOR GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION: FORBUS, Kenneth D., Qualitative Reasoning Group, Northwestern University, 2133 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60201, forbus@northwestern.edu
68-42:30 PM GEOSCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE AND SPATIAL VISUALIZATION: LIBARKIN, Julie C., Department of Geological Sciences and Division of Science and Mathematics Education, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, libarkin@msu.edu, PETCOVIC, Heather L., Department of Geosciences and The Mallinson Institute for Science Education, Western Michigan University, 1187 Rood Hall, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, and HAMBRICK, D. Zachary, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, 320 Psychology Building, East Lansing, MI 48824
68-52:45 PM FINDING FAULT: LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS AND CLASSROOM STUDIES ON IDENTIFYING FAULTS IN IMAGES: ORMAND, Carol J.1, GENTNER, Dedre2, JEE, Benjamin2, SHIPLEY, Thomas F.3, TIKOFF, Basil4, UTTAL, David H.2, and MANDUCA, Cathryn1, (1) Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College, 1 North College St, Northfield, MN 55057, cormand@carleton.edu, (2) Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, (3) Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, (4) Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706
68-63:00 PM TEACHING SYMMETRY USING KINESTHETIC LEARNING--AN EXERCISE USING "OLD TIME" DANCES: MOGK, D.W., Dept. Earth Sciences, Montana State Univ, Bozeman, MT 59717, mogk@montana.edu
68-73:15 PM EYE-TRACKING STUDIES OF HOW INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY STUDENTS INTEGRATE TEXT AND FIGURES IN TEXTBOOK-STYLE MATERIAL: BUSCH, Melanie M., COYAN, Joshua A., and REYNOLDS, Stephen J., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, melanie.busch@asu.edu
68-83:30 PM EXAMINING STUDENT INTERACTIONS WITH DISTRACTORS IN PHOTOGRAPHS USING EYE-TRACKING TECHNOLOGY: COYAN, Joshua A.1, BUSCH, Melanie M.1, and REYNOLDS, Stephen J.2, (1) School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, joshua.coyan@asu.edu, (2) Geological Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404
 3:45 PM Break
68-94:00 PM TEACHING GEOLOGY – THE 3D REVOLUTION: WARD, Emma, TERRINGTON, Ricky, KESSLER, Holger, MATHERS, Steve, and THORPE, Steve, British Geological Survey, Kingsley Dunham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, hke@bgs.ac.uk
68-104:15 PM GIGA-INTELI-PIXEL-PALOOZA: CREATING AND ASSESSING EFFECTIVE USES OF DIGITAL OUTCROP MODELS IN GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION: JOHNSON, Cari, Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, cari.johnson@utah.edu and SEMPLE, Ian, Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, FASB 383, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
68-114:30 PM ENHANCING 3-D VISUALIZATION OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY CONCEPTS: KARABINOS, Paul, Dept. Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, pkarabin@williams.edu
68-124:45 PM AN ANALYSIS OF ELECTRONICALLY ARCHIVED STUDENT RESPONSES TO TEXT-ONLY VERSUS ILLUSTRATED CONCEPTUAL QUESTIONS IN LARGE EARTH SCIENCE COURSES: GRAY, Kyle, Earth Sciences, University of Northern Iowa, Latham Hall, Room 124, Cedar Falls, IA 50614, kyle.gray@uni.edu, OWENS, Katharine, Curricular and Instructional Studies, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, STEER, David, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4101, and LIANG, Xin, Educational Foundations and Leadership, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325
68-135:00 PM DECONSTRUCTING GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES: CONSIDERING THE ROLE OF SPATIAL THINKING ALONG WITH A TPCK (TECHNOLOGICAL PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE) FRAMEWORK: MCAULIFFE, Carla, Center for Science Teaching and Learning, TERC, 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140, Carla_McAuliffe@terc.edu
68-145:15 PM COLLEGE STUDENTS' DEVELOPMENT OF MAP INTERPRETATION SKILLS: SEXTON, Julie M., Math and Science Teaching Institute, University of Northern Colorado, Ross Hall 1212E, Campus Box 123, Greeley, CO 80639, julie.sexton@unco.edu and REID, Leslie Frances, Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada

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