T240 Current Research on Situated Teaching and Learning in Geoscience: Field-Based, Case-Based, Problem-Based, Place-Based

Wednesday, 10 November 2004
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  GEOJOURNEY: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPEDITIONARY FIELD TRIP ACROSS THE UNITED STATES
  Joe T. Elkins, Bowling Green State Univ, Bowling Green, OH and Nichole M. Lyle-Elkins, Bowling Green State Univ, Bowling Green, OH
  74010 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPEDITIONARY FIELD TRIPS ON STUDENT MISCONCEPTIONS IN GEOSCIENCES
  Nichole M. Lyle-Elkins, Bowling Green State Univ, Bowling Green, OH and Joe T. Elkins, Bowling Green, OH
  74018 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  THE DEVELOPMENT OF PORTABLE AUDIO/VISUAL SYSTEMS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL USE DURING TRAVEL TIME TO FIELD STOPS
  Joe T. Elkins, Bowling Green State Univ, Bowling Green, OH and Nichole M. Lyle-Elkins, Bowling Green State Univ, Bowling Green, OH
  74013 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  EXCITING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ABOUT SCIENCE THROUGH FIELD-BASED INVESTIGATIONS AND RESEARCH
  Jeffrey C. Dick, Youngstown State Univ, Youngstown, OH
  78791 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES OF GEOLOGY STUDENTS DURING INDEPENDENT FIELD EXAMINATIONS SHOWN BY GPS TRACKS
  Chris C. Lieder, San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA and Eric M. Riggs, San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA
  80373 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  NEW INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL NATURAL HAZARDS MS PROGRAM IN COOPERATION WITH THE US PEACE CORPS
  William I. Rose, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI and Gregg J.S. Bluth, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, MI
  76222 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  A PROPOSED EXPLANATION FOR THE SUCCESS OF FIELDWORK IN NATIVE AMERICAN GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION BASED IN SITUATED INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
  Eric M. Riggs, San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA
  80323 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  THE MEANING AND MEASUREMENT OF SENSE OF PLACE FOR PLACE-BASED GEOSCIENCE TEACHING
  Steven Semken, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ and Michael D. Piburn, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ
  78120 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  MY SPECIAL PLACE: USE OF A PLACE-BASED WRITING PROJECT TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING IN A LARGE INTRODUCTORY UNDERGRADUATE GEOLOGY COURSE
  Sadredin Cyrus Moosavi, Minnesota State Univ, Mankato, MN
  74112 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  TEACHERS ON THE LEADING EDGE: DESIGNING A PLACE-BASED AND FIELD-BASED TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FEATURING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ACTIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN
  Robert F. Butler, Univ of Portland, Portland, OR and Charles R. Ault, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR and Ellen M. Bishop, Wallowa Rscs, Enterprise, OR and Richard J. Blakely, US Geol Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Ray Wells, U.S. Geol Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Richard M. Conrey, Washington State Univ, Pullman, WA
  77024 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  ENHANCEMENT OF PRESERVICE TEACHERS’ CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AS A RESULT OF FIELDWORK
  Christina A. Tretinjak, San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA and Eric M. Riggs, San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA
  80341 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS PRESENTED BY REAL AND VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS
  Julianne D. Browne, San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA and Eric M. Riggs, San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA
  80356 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  USE OF PHYSICAL MODELS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO EXPLORE STUDENT DIFFICULTIES IN DEVELOPING RICH MENTAL MODELS OF COMPLEX EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS
  Karen S. Sell, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX and Bruce E. Herbert, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX and Janie Schielack, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX
  78221 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  THE ARDUOUS PATH: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE GEOSCIENCE CLASSROOM
  Jennifer A. Thomson, Eastern Washington Univ, Cheney, WA and Stacy Warren, Eastern Washington Univ, Cheney, WA
  79188 (Technical Sessions)