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Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center
NSF Science of Learning Center
National Science Foundation

Welcome to SILC

The Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center (SILC) brings together scientists and educators from Temple University, Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to pursue the overarching goals of

  • Understanding spatial learning
  • Using this knowledge to develop programs and technologies that will transform educational practice, helping learners to develop the skills required to compete in a global economy.

SILC participants include researchers from cognitive science, psychology, computer science, education, and neuroscience, as well as practicing geoscientists and engineers who are particularly interested in spatial thinking in their fields, and teachers in the CPS.

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SILC NEWS/UPDATES

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Read our latest updates and incoming news below or for SILC in the press go to our Press Room (click on PRESS ROOM icon above).

11/20/2008
Please, welcome Dale S. Klopfer to our Network. There are now 198 members in our Spatial Network!

11/19/2008
Welcome to our new SILC Undergraduate Members: Jennifer Conner, Sarah Hittinger, Rania McCauley, Maria Namowicz, katherine Nescio, Teuta Pasholli, Eman Saleh, Caryn Trasken and Allison Wolkin.

11/14/2008
The Spatial Learning in Geography Workshop permanent link resides on our Conferences/Meetings page. The url for the Workshop page is: http://www.silccenter.org/resource-info/SLGeography2008_index.html.

11/14/2008
New job postings now on-line.

11/12/2008
We have added a blurb in our Press Room on Tim Shipley's research on using point-light displays for studying perceptual form processing. Some of the displays from the archive will be featured in a small segment on an upcoming Discovery Channel program, "The Science of Sex Appeal."

11/12/2008
Information about the Research in Spatial Cognition Lab (RISC) added to our Members page.

11/12/2008
Call for Papers: Spatial Cognition and Computation: Special Issue on You-Are-Here Maps --Creating Spatial Awareness through Map-like Representations

11/11/2008
Please, welcome our new SILC Postdocs: Andrea Frick and Daniele Nardi of Temple University.

11/05/2008
UPDATE: Two documents for the Spatial Learning in Geography Workshop have been up-dated and are now available.

11/04/2008
UPDATE: Some documents for the Spatial Learning in Geography Workshop will be up-dated/corrected and put on-line on Wednesday, 11/5/08.

Read about past SILC News in our Archive.