Leading team:
- Prof. Nir Orion
Project team:
- Orit Ben-Zvi-Assraf
- Tamar Basis-Katzman
- Yossi Gudovich
- Jeff Dodick
- Ronit Laub
- Osher Fishzang
- Yael Kali
Brief
The contribution of Earth Sciences in the development of cognitive skills.
This research focuses on the unique contribution of Earth Sciences to the development of various cognitive skills, such as:
- The development of basic scientific skills (observation-hypothesis-conclusion).
- Spatial visualization.
- Cyclic thinking.
- Perception of deep time.
- Systems thinking.
Further reading:
- Kali, Y. and Orion, N. (1996). Relationship between Earth science education and spatial visualization. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 33, 369-391.
- Kali, Y. and Orion, N. (1997). Software for assisting high school students in the spatial perception of geological structures. Journal of Geoscience Education. 45, 10-21.
- Orion, N., Ben-Chaim, D. and Kali, Y. (1997). Relationship between earth science education and spatial visualization. Journal of Geoscience Education. 45, 129-132.
- Dodick, J. and Orion, N. (2003). Cognitive factors effecting student understanding of geologic time. The Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 40, 415-442.
- Dodick, J., and Orion, N. (2003). Measuring student understanding of geological time. Science Education. 87, 708-731.
- Kali, Y., Orion, N. and Eylon, B. (2003). The effect of knowledge integration activities on students' perception of the earth's crust as a cyclic system. The Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 40(6), 545-565
- Ben-Zvi-Assaraf, O. and Orion, N. (2005). The development of system thinking skills in the context of earth system education. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 42, 1-43.
- Orion, N. and Kali, Y. (2005). The effect of an earth science learning program on students’ scientific thinking skills Journal of Geosciences Education. 53, 387-393.
- Ben-zvi-Assaraf, O. and Orion, N. (2005). A study of junior high students' perceptions of the water cycle. Journal of Geosciences Education. 53, 366-373.
- Dodick, J.T. and Orion, N. (2006). Building an understanding of geological time: A cognitive synthesis of the "Macro" and "Micro" scales of time. In: Manduca, C.A. and Mogk, D.W. (Eds.), Earth and Mind: How Geologists Think and Learn about the Earth. Geological Society of America, Special Paper 413.
- Ben-Zvi Assaraf, O., Orion, N. and Ronen. D. (2008). The Blue-Planet earth systems approach (BEPESA) for the study of water related systems. In: Brebbia, C.A. (ed.), Environmental Problems in Coastal Regions, WIT Press.UK.
- Orion, N. and Trend, R. (2009). Editorial: Thinking and learning in the geosciences. Journal of Geosciences Education. 55, 469–477.
- Ben-Zvi Assaraf, O. and Orion, N. (2010). Four case studies and sixBen-Zvi Assaraf, O. and Orion, N. (2009). A design-based research of an earth systems-based environmental curriculum. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education. 5(1), 197-214.
- years later: Developing system thinking skills in junior high School and sustaining them over time. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 47, 1253-1280.
- Ben-Zvi Assaraf, O. and Orion, N. (2010). System thinking skills at the elementary school level. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 47, 540-563.
- Batzri, O., Ben Zvi Assaraf, O., Cohen, C. and Orion, N. (2015). "Understanding the Earth Systems: Expressions of Dynamic and Cyclic Thinking Among University Students". Journal of Science Education and Technology. 24, 761-775.