Geology Misconceptions Targeted by an Overlapping Consensus of US National Standards and Frameworks

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  • Author(s): Guffey, Sarah K. (ORCID Guffey, Sarah K. (ORCID 0000-0002-9074-901X); Slater, Timothy F.
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    International Journal of Science Education. 2020 42(3):469-492.
  • Publication Date:
    2020
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Information Analyses
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      24
    • Subject Terms:
      Geology; Misconceptions; Academic Standards; Educational Change; National Standards; Science Curriculum; Curriculum Development; Scientific Concepts; Student Attitudes; Plate Tectonics; Seismology; Physical Geography; Oceanography; Soil Science
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/09500693.2020.1715509
    • ISSN:
      0950-0693
    • Abstract:
      In the past few decades, scientific and educational entities in the United States have repeatedly expended considerable fiscal and human resources in an effort to establish contemporary education standards, curriculum frameworks, and assessment tools. These efforts are intended to reform the quantity and quality of K-16 Earth science education across the U.S. including, most recently, the Next Generation Science Standards. Most of the reform efforts enthusiastically recommend a constructivist-oriented approach to instruction that requires educators to clearly identify their learning targets. At the same time, a contemporary approach to instruction requires educators to be aware of misconceptions, misunderstandings, naïve beliefs, and alternative frameworks students bring to the learning experience. Although several dated surveys of learners' geology misconceptions exist across the scholarly literature landscape, little of the geology misconceptions literature is systematically organised around the current collections of U.S. national standards and frameworks. Geoscience educators, curriculum developers, and assessment specialists benefit from summaries of misconceptions research organised around various national reform efforts.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2020
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1244534