Table · dataset · 2026
Application of resource graphs to explore earth science students’ conceptual understanding of stratigraphy in higher education
Listed in figshare and Loughborough Research Repository — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.6084/m9.figshare.33987126.v1
<p>Stratigraphy is a fundamental concept in Earth science, encompassing layers of rock that vary spatially and temporally.
Description
This study investigates the complexity of students’ conceptual understanding of field-based stratigraphy in a geoscience introductory course. With a questionnaire designed to explore students’ understanding of stratigraphy, we analyze the patterns and connections between concepts as students learn stratigraphy.
Firstly, thematic analysis showed the students’ use of concepts. In a second analytical step, resource graphs were produced to analyze the responses from individuals and look for connections between ideas. Resource graphs show a wide range of patterns, from a few connected ideas to highly complex, interconnected patterns between themes.
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We found three levels of complexity within the responses; students showed little, moderate or high insight associated with increasing complexity in resource graphs. The aspects that pose the most challenges seem to relate to contacts, younging, rates and mental manipulation of data into 3D models. The analysis shows diversity in the complexity of students’ conceptual understanding, which provides challenges when teaching stratigraphy.
Based on these results, we outline targeted instructional strategies that support progression from a fragmented to a more coherent understanding of stratigraphy in early undergraduate teaching.</p>
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- DOI doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.33987126.v1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from figshare com
Catalogue records · 1
- OAI-PMH record api.figshare.com/v2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Af… ↗
metadata API · from figshare com
Topics
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Chemistry · Chemistry · Computer Science & AI · Computer Science & AI · Earth & Environmental Science · Earth & Environmental Science · Economics & Finance · Economics & Finance · Engineering · Engineering · Humanities · Humanities · Life Sciences · Life Sciences · Materials Science · Mathematics & Statistics · Medicine & Health · Medicine & Health · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Psychology & Behavioral Science · Research, science and technology policy · Research, science and technology policy · Social Science · Social Science · Sociology · Sociology · Stratigraphy · Stratigraphy
Provenance · 2 source records, 34 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| figshare | oai:figshare.com:article/33987126 | 6 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Loughborough Research Repository | oai:figshare.com:article/33987126 | 6 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:370510 | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['stratigraphy'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:370510 | mapping · figshare com | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['stratigraphy'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:440710 | mapping · figshare com | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Science Policy'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:440710 | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Science Policy'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4410 | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Sociology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4410 | mapping · figshare com | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Sociology'] |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:chemistry | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:chemistry | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:computer-science-ai | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:computer-science-ai | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:economics-finance | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:economics-finance | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:materials-science | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:mathematics-statistics | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:psychology-behavioral | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/description |
| license | source · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/rights |
| publication_date | source · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/title |