Native American Students' Understandings of Geologic Time Scale: 4-8th Grade Students' Understandings of Earth's Geologic History

Geologic time scales is very important concept for understanding earth system events such as global climate change. However, understanding of geologic time scale in a relationship with human history is very difficult because of relatively short period of human existence in earth history. This study...

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Published in:Procedia, social and behavioral sciences social and behavioral sciences, 2012, Vol.46, p.3159-3163
Main Authors: Karahan, Engin, Nam, Younkyeong, Roehrig, Gillian, Moore, Tamara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
absolute time
Geologic time scale
relative time
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Summary:Geologic time scales is very important concept for understanding earth system events such as global climate change. However, understanding of geologic time scale in a relationship with human history is very difficult because of relatively short period of human existence in earth history. This study shows that Native American elementary students understand geological and historical event based on relative order of earth history. They understand Earth's geological event as a sequential series. More importantly, they understand human history based on their own culture and history.
ISSN:1877-0428
1877-0428
DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.029