{"id":579,"date":"2016-10-31T15:51:27","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T13:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/?page_id=579"},"modified":"2021-06-15T10:46:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T07:46:55","slug":"development-of-thinking-skills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/?page_id=579","title":{"rendered":"Development of thinking skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Development of thinking skills<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wpforms-entry-field wpforms-field-text\"><\/div>\n<h2>Leading team<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weizmann.ac.il\/ScienceTeaching\/Orion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof. Nir Orion <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Project members<\/h2>\n<p>Maya Shalom, MSc Student<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Orit Ben-Zvi-Assraf<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Dodick<\/li>\n<li>Osher Fishzang<\/li>\n<li>Yossi Gudovich<\/li>\n<li>Yael Kali<\/li>\n<li>Ronit Laub<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>This research focuses on the unique contribution of Earth Sciences to the development of various cognitive skills, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The development of basic scientific skills (observation-hypothesis-conclusion).<\/li>\n<li>Spatial visualization.<\/li>\n<li>Cyclic thinking.<\/li>\n<li>Perception of deep time.<\/li>\n<li>Systems thinking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Links for further reading<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stwww.weizmann.ac.il\/g-earth\/geogroup\/main.asp?PageKind=4&amp;ID=24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project website (in Hebrew)<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5408\/1089-9995-45.2.129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kali, Y. and Orion, N. (1996). Relationship between Earth science education and spatial visualization. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 33, 369-391.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5408\/1089-9995-45.1.10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5408\/1089-9995-45.2.129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orion, N., Ben-Chaim, D. and Kali, Y. (1997). Relationship between earth science education and spatial visualization. Journal of Geoscience Education. 45, 129-132.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/tea.10083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dodick, J. and Orion, N. (2003). Cognitive factors effecting student understanding of geologic time. The Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 40, 415-442<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/sce.1057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dodick, J., and Orion, N. (2003). Measuring student understanding of geological time. Science Education. 87, 708-731<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/tea.10096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kali, Y., Orion, N. and Eylon, B. (2003). The effect of knowledge integration activities on students&#8217; perception of the earth&#8217;s crust as a cyclic system. The Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 40(6), 545-565<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/tea.20061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5408\/1089-9995-53.4.387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orion, N. and Kali, Y. (2005). The effect of an earth science learning program on students\u2019 scientific thinking skills Journal of Geosciences Education. 53, 387-393.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5408\/1089-9995-53.4.366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben-zvi-Assaraf, O. and Orion, N. (2005). A study of junior high students&#8217; perceptions of the water cycle. Journal of Geosciences Education. 53, 366-373<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Dodick, J.T. and Orion, N. )2006(. Building an understanding of geological time: A cognitive synthesis of the &#8220;Macro&#8221; and &#8220;Micro&#8221; 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.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">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.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Orion, N. and Trend, R. (2009). Editorial: Thinking and learning in the geosciences. Journal of Geosciences Education. 55, 469\u2013477.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12973\/ejmste\/75256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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 &amp; Technology Education. 5(1), 197-214<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/tea.20383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">years later: Developing system thinking skills in junior high School and sustaining them over time. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 47, 1253-1280.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/tea.20351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10956-015-9562-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Batzri, O., Ben Zvi Assaraf, O., Cohen, C. and Orion, N. 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