Various teaching and learning tools for geosciences can be found at the Geoscience Education Research & Science Education Research Center at Carleton College sites.
Content-based assessments
- The Geoscience Concept Inventory (GCI)
- Administer the GCI online to students
- Volcanic Concept Survey (VCS)
- Test items and information about student performance on the instrument is available here
- Detailed information about the development of the instrument and detailed analysis of student responses
- Landscape Identification and Formation Test (LIFT)
- Greenhouse Effect Concept Inventory (GECI)
- Concept Mapping Assessment of Climate Change
- More information about how to use it
- Earthquake analysis paper
Affect and Attitudes about Geology/Science
- Student Perceptions about Earth Sciences Survey (SPESS)
- Survey on Geology and General Science Interest
- Attitudes about Geology and Science
- Attitudes and Conceptions about Science (ACS)