Collaborative Research: Synthesis of Research on Thinking and Learning in the Geosciences

拟议的项目将综合现有知识，阐明与地球科学有关的认知和学习研究的关键领域中尚未回答的问题。这项研究将侧重于四个主题：(A)地质时间；(B)地球的复杂系统；(C)地球科学中的空间思维；(D)实地学习。一个由地球科学、地球科学教育、学习研究和认知科学方面的专家组成的小组将聚集在一起，进行为期一周的学习/头脑风暴/写作静修。在写作休息之前，将举行一个为期两天的较小规模的规划会议，在会上，他们将就四个主题中的每个主题阐明主要问题，并确定一个子集，这些子集具有足够的研究基础来进行综合。研究结果将通过会议、网站和期刊传播，包括《地球科学教育杂志》的一期特刊，以及一本面向学习科学界的期刊。

The proposed project will synthesize existing knowledge and articulate unanswered questions in critical areas of research on cognition and learning relevant to the Geosciences. The study will focus on four themes: (a) geological time, (b) complex systems of the Earth, (c) spatial thinking in Geosciences and (d) field-base learning. A small group of experts in geoscience, geoscience education, research on learning, and cognitive science will gather for a week-long learning/brainstorming/writing retreat. The writing retreat will be preceded by a smaller two-day planning meeting, at which they will articulate major questions on each of the four themes, and identify a subset that have sufficient research base for synthesis. Findings will be disseminated through conference, websites, and journals, including a special issue of the Journal of Geoscience Education, and a journal that reaches the learning sciences community.