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Thomas R. Baker, Ph.D.ESRI Education Teamhttp://edcommunity.esri.com/research

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What is GIS Education Research? • A focus on learning with spatial data, spatial analysis methods, and GIS tools. • Student attitude and achievement. • Teacher training and professional development•UI and Interaction development

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The community:• About 40 researchers from academia, industry, and private organizations. Group is open but meetings are by invitation.• Focused on better understanding GIS and geotechnologies in education. • Applications of geotechnologies to student learning, include spatial thinking.

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Projects:• A Call To Action Papers – to recruit• Publication pathways for publishing new, original research and meta-analyses• Professional development opportunities for participating researchers

Baker, Kerksi, PalmerForthcoming - NGCE Journal of Geography

•A 2004 online survey of K-12 educators who attended GIS training•Self-reported (n=186) data suggest a few modest, yet significant changes in assessment and instructional patterns.•Barriers to GIS implementation are still present: time for teachers, variable student skills, and software complexity.•And much more….

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