1. Synthesizing Geoscience Education Research: Where are we? What is the path forward? Heather Macdonald, College of William & Mary Anthony Feig, Central Michigan University Laura Lukes, George Mason University Karen McNeal, North Carolina State University Eric Riggs, Texas A & M University Kristen St John, James Madison University John McDaris, SERC-Carleton College This project is funded by the National Science Foundation under grant DUE-1513519, Shaping the Future of Geoscience Education Research: Synthesizing Results and Articulating Future Directions.

2. A Phylogenetic Tree of DBER in the Geosciences Cognitive Studies Geoscience Expertise Master-Novice Spatial Temporal Complex Systems Field Assessment Programs Curricula Learning Resources Learning Outcomes What Works? Pre-Mis- Conceptions Audience Environment Modeling Visualizations Affective Domain Virtual WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO! Live Kim Kastens and David Mogk, Discipline-based Education Research (DBER) and Geoscience Webinar

3. Workshop overview Monday: What is the scope of geoscience education research? Scope of geoscience education research (GER) and how it can be used Evaluating the strength of GER results Tuesday: What do we know, what do we want to know, what do we need to move the field forward? Identifying outcomes, gaps, and next steps for topical areas within GER Wednesday: What are future directions and priorities of GER? Shaping the future of GER and the GER community Next steps for GER: Community recommendations and action plans The workshop depends on you The workshop and the Rendezvous The community synthesis work will continue & expand after the workshop

4. Theme Issue Call for Papers Synthesizing Results and Defining Future Directions of Geoscience Education Research Objective: To compile a collection of articles that capture the current status and future directions of Geoscience Education Research, with a focus on undergraduate education. Example topics that fit this theme: Commentaries that set priorities for promoting and supporting the GER research community C&I papers on translating research results into practice Research papers on cognitive domain and geoscience problem-solving Review articles that synthesize best practices for research methodologies Submission Deadline: early to mid Summer 2016 http://nagt-jge.org/

5. National Association of Geoscience Teachers Division of Geoscience Education Research: A community of practice to support the emerging field of geoscience education research President-Laura Lukes-George Mason University V.P.-Nicole LaDue-Northern Illinois University Secretary-Katherine Ryker-Eastern Michigan University Treasurer-Kim Cheek-University of Northern Florida

6. Division initiatives to date Established bylaws and division brand Hosted open community meeting at GSA Created & completed member needs survey Wrote letter of support for JGE indexing efforts Wrote letter of support for GER focused workshop at Rendezvous Published commentary on GER Community Published 2 issues of newsletter, GER Exchange

7. How to get involved: Contact us… Serve on a division committee Communications Long-range planning Conference planning Nominations & elections Submit session ideas for GSA & AGU 2016 Submit tips and opportunities to the newsletter, GER Exchange Laura Lukes-Pres. llukes@gmu.edu llukes@gmu.edu Nicole LaDue-VP nladue@niu.edu Katherine Ryker-Sec. kryker@emich.edu Kim Cheek-Treas. k.cheek@unf.edu

8. Submit an abstract! GSA Annual Meeting Nov. 1-4, 2015 Baltimore, MD NAGT-GER sponsored GSA Session: T83. Methods for conducting research about teaching & learning in the geosciences Abstracts due Aug. 11th

9. Join us at GSA!