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Guillaume, Louise; Laurent, Valentin; Genge, Matthew J. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2023
Fieldwork is a pedagogical cornerstone of many geoscience degrees. During the academic years 2019-20 and 2020-21, the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic made outdoors fieldwork difficult, resulting in an urgent need to develop virtual alternatives. However, there is still more to learn about the impact of teaching fieldwork virtually on the student…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Field Experience Programs, Electronic Learning, Learning Experience
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Armario, María; Oliva, José María; Jiménez-Tenorio, Natalia – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2022
In this study, we analyzed the descriptive knowledge and mental models of the phenomenon of tides manifested by 111 preservice primary teachers. The instrument employed is an open-ended questionnaire, analyzed by means of an approach that explores the descriptions, explanations, and predictions in respect of this phenomenon by our subjects. First,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Schemata (Cognition)
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Licciardello, Feliciana; Consoli, Simona; Cirelli, Giuseppe; Castillo, Carlos; Fernández-Ahumada, Elvira; Montejo-Gámez, Jesús; Taguas, Encarnación V. – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2021
This paper explains and analyses a virtual gamification experience developed by a teaching group from the University of Catania (Italy) and the University of Cordoba (Spain). A competition based on professional tasks about hydrological planning was implemented in two subjects on Hydrological Sciences. The teaching experience was designed to…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Technological Literacy, Interpersonal Competence, Earth Science
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Toledo-Morales, Purificacion; Sanchez-Garcia, Jose Manuel – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2018
This study investigated the effects of the use of Augmented Reality (AR) on the academic performance of students, as well as perceptions that were following the use of this new technology resource. The participants were students of primary education in Spain, which were assigned to an experimental group and a control group. Contents related to the…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Educational Research, Computer Simulation, Computer Graphics
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Paniagua, Angel – Journal of Rural Studies, 2009
This paper provides theoretical and methodological arguments to study the politics of space in small marginal and depopulated areas of Spain. The case for research is the Riaza river valley in the province of Segovia. Usually the analysis of rural space (and the geographical space in general) provides opposing presentations: vertical, between…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Politics
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Rydant, A. L.; Shiplee, Brian A.; Smith, John P.; Middlekauff, Bryon D. – Journal of Geography, 2010
This article addresses the development of a conceptual model of fieldwork practice and the creation of an associated set of skills for the geosciences. The set of eight generic and seventeen specific skills is applied in two international field courses to demonstrate the utility of such a skills-centered model across a broad range of venues,…
Descriptors: Field Instruction, Curriculum Development, Field Studies, Earth Science