29 Geoscience Education I

Sunday, 28 October 2007
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 3:30 PM
  TEACHING LEGITIMATE SCIENTIFIC CONTROVERSIES TO IMPROVE GEOSCIENCE LEARNING: RELEVANT RESEARCH FINDINGS
  James H. Wandersee, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Renee Clary, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
  131526 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  JUDGING SIDES IN A CONTROVERSY: THEORY CHOICE AS APPLIED TO EARTH EXPANSION AND SEA FLOOR SPREADING
  Keith Montgomery, U. Wisconsin Marathon County, Wausau, WI
  127527 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  INCORPORATING THE GREAT DINOSAUR FEUD IN GEOSCIENCE CLASSROOMS: A RESEARCH STUDY
  Renee Clary, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS and James H. Wandersee, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
  130849 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  THE BIG RED CARROT - MARS AS A TOOL FOR GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION
  Marion Anderson, Monash University, Victoria, N/A
  129752 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  USING A MOCK TRIAL TO TEACH SCIENCE TO UNSCIENCE STUDENTS
  E. Scott Bair, Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH and Kevin Svitana, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH
  132280 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  WHAT TO DO? PALGARISM AND ORIGINALITY IN ONLINE GEOSCIENCE COURSES
  W. Jay Sims, Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
  128695 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  ACCESS TO GEOLOGIC EDUCATION IN SECTARIAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
  Linda Anita Ritterbush, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA
  132428 (Technical Sessions)