Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

DEFINING AND DISCUSSING SCIENCE AND SCIENTIFIC METHODS IN AN INTRODUCTORY COLLEGE SCIENCE CLASS: IS IT NECESSARY?

Joy M. Branlund, Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL

86686 (THEME SESSIONS)

8:20 AM

INCORPORATING A CLASSROOM PERFORMANCE SYSTEM INTO AN INTRODUCTORY PHYSICAL GEOLOGY COURSE

LaVerne M. Friberg, The Univ of Akron, Akron, OH

87001 (THEME SESSIONS)

8:40 AM

UNDERSTANDING EARTH SYSTEM PROCESSES THROUGH PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING: EXAMPLES FROM UNDERGRADUATE COURSES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH HISTORY

Margaret E. Crowder, Western Kentucky Univ, Bowling Green, KY and Fredrick D. Siewers, Western Kentucky Univ, Bowling Green, KY

87304 (THEME SESSIONS)

9:00 AM

RESEARCH ON AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT USING A VIRTUAL WORLD FOR LEARNING GEOLOGY

Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat, North Dakota State Univ, Fargo, ND and Donald P. Schwert, North Dakota State Univ, Fargo, ND and Brian Slator, North Dakota State Univ, Fargo, ND and Lisa Daniels, North Dakota State Univ, Fargo, ND and Jeff Terpstra, North Dakota State Univ, Fargo, ND

87487 (THEME SESSIONS)

9:20 AM

CAN THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF ATHLETES IN SCIENCE COURSES BE RELATED TO THEIR LEARNING STYLES?

Prajukti Bhattacharyya, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Whitewater, WI and Dyanna M. Czeck, Univ of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

86856 (THEME SESSIONS)

9:40 AM

“ONLY CONNECT*”: HELPING STUDENTS TRANSFER KNOWLEDGE INTO AND OUT OF THE GEOSCIENCE CLASSROOM

Mary E. Savina, Carleton College, Northfield, MN

87475 (THEME SESSIONS)

10:20 AM

TEACHING QUANTITATIVE SKILLS IN THE GEOSCIENCES

Cathy A. Manduca, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Jennifer M. Wenner, Univ of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI and Eric M. Baer, Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA and R. Heather Macdonald, College William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA and Mary E. Savina, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Sam Patterson, Carleton College, Northfield, MN

86945 (THEME SESSIONS)

10:40 AM

THE ELECTION PROJECT: INCLUDING RESEARCH INTO CANDIDATES' POSITIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AS PART OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE COURSE

Michael Phillips, Lostant, IL

86882 (THEME SESSIONS)

11:00 AM

UTILIZING A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Scott C. Alexander, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and E. Calvin Alexander, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Hans-Olaf Pfannkuch, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Greg Archer, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

87172 (THEME SESSIONS)

11:20 AM

BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN THE RESEARCH LAB AND K-16 EDUCATION: SOME EXAMPLES FROM A NATIONAL LABORATORY

Karen Campbell, National Ctr for Earth-surface Dynamics, Minneapolis, MN and Benjamin Friesen, National Ctr for Earth-surface Dynamics, Minneapolis, MN and Jill Baumtrog, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Michal Tal, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Nikki Strong, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Tony Murphy, College of St Catherine, St Paul, MN and Paul Morin, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Diana Dalbotten, National Ctr for Earth-surface Dynamics, Minneapolis, MN

87218 (THEME SESSIONS)

11:40 AM

EARTH SCIENCE FOR EDUCATORS: A STANDARDS FOCUSED COURSE FOR IN-SERVICE TEACHERS IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA

Robert D. Shuster, Univ of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE

87384 (THEME SESSIONS)

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