Structural geology practice and learning, from the perspective of cognitive science

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 72-84

  Shipley, Thomas F ^a   Tikoff, Basil ^b   Ormand, Carol ^c   Manduca, Cathy ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disembedding; Expert training; Spatial cognition; Student learning

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; GEOLOGY; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SEPARATION; STUDENTS;

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; DIS-EMBEDDING; MOVEMENT HISTORY; MULTIPLE OBJECTS; SPATIAL ABILITIES; SPATIAL COGNITION; STUDENT LEARNING;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGY; ROCK PROPERTY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRAINING;

EID: 84882960893     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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