Novel applications of Tablet PCs to investigate expert cognition in the geosciences

► Tablet PCs are invaluable for collecting working memory data. ► Cognitive factors that influence ability in the geosciences are little understood. ► Understanding these cognitive factors is critical to geoscience education. ► Working memory is one of the cognitive factor that plays a large role in domain expertise. ► We present prospective ways in which GIS could be used for analysis of sketches.