7 Innovative Teaching Strategies for Engaging K-16 Geoscience Students

Monday, 24 March 2003
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  LINKING THE LEVEL OF INQUIRY (GUIDED VERSUS OPEN) TO LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  Annabelle Foos, Univ of Akron, Akron, OH
  49522 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 8:15 AM
  NEW METHODS FOR ASSESSING INTRODUCTORY EARTH SCIENCE COURSES TO DETERMINE EFFECTIVENESS FOR NON-SCIENCE MAJORS
  Joan Y. Jach, Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA and Cinzia Cervato, Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA and Robert Ridky, United States Geol Survey, Reston, VA
  48990 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 8:30 AM
  CLASSROOM HUMOR AS A TOOL FOR ENGAGING STUDENTS IN LARGE COLLEGE-LEVEL INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY CLASSES
  Robert W. Baker, Univ of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, WI
  49677 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 8:45 AM
  THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS FOR INTUITIVE UNDERSTANDING OF GEOLOGIC PROCESSES
  Kathleen M. Bower, Eastern Illinois Univ, Charleston, IL
  49419 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 9:00 AM
  REFORMING GEOLOGY COURSES FOR MAJORS AND NON-MAJORS USING PEER INSTRUCTION AND OTHER INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING STRATEGIES: QUANTITATIVE RESULTS
  David N. Steer, The Univ of Akron, Akron, OH and David A. McConnell, Univ of Akron, Akron, OH
  49687 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 9:15 AM
  ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES AND EVALUATION OF STUDENT LEARNING IN GEOSCIENCE ETHICS MODULES
  Joachim Dorsch, Saint Louis Univ, St. Louis, MO and Ana Cruz, St. Louis Community College-Meramec, St. Louis, MO
  50098 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 9:30 AM
  LINKING K-12 TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING IN K-12 CLASSROOMS
  William Slattery, Wright State Univ, Dayton, OH and Roderic Brame, Wright State Univ, Dayton, OH and Suzanne K. Lunsford, Wright State Univ, Dayton, OH
  48672 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 9:45 AM
  IF I HAD A HAMMER: PARTNERING INDUSTRY WITH ACADEMIA TO OFFER A GEOLOGY SHORT COURSE FOR EARTH SCIENCE TEACHERS
  James C. Walters, Univ Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA and Sherman Lundy, Basic Materials Corp, Elk Run Heights, IA
  49537 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 10:00 AM
  UNDERGRADUATES PARTICIPATE IN AUTHENTIC RESEARCH PROJECT – WOOLLY MAMMOTH EXCAVATION ON CAMPUS!
  Janis D. Treworgy, Principia College, Elsah, IL
  49558 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 10:15 AM
  “GEOLOGY AND THE NATIONAL PARKS” – CLASSROOM AND WEB RESOURCES
  Douglas E. Pride, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH and Hallan C. Noltimier, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH and Brent A. Curtiss, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH and Samantha J. Hookway, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH
  49827 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 10:45 AM
  WEBWORK ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL GEOLOGY LABS: A CASE STUDY
  Mark W. Schmitt, Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, MI and Patricia C. Hanlan, Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, MI and Edmond H. van Hees, Wayne State Univ, Detroit, MI and David J. Lowrie, Wayne State Univ, Detroit, MI
  50075 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 11:00 AM
  A LABORATORY EXERCISE ON SEDIMENTS AND SOILS FOR INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY COURSES
  Tom Fitz, Northland College, Ashland, WI
  50044 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 11:15 AM
  LEWIS AND CLARK (1804-06): GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES OBSERVATIONS ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS
  R.F. Diffendal, Univ of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
  48067 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 11:30 AM
  T. C. CHAMBERLIN AT THE WHITEWATER NORMAL SCHOOL (1869-1873)
  Rex A. Hanger, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
  50113 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 11:45 AM
  WILLIAM SHIRLEY BAYLEY AND ELIOT BLACKWELDER: RESEARCH COMES TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS' GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT
  Ralph L. Langenheim, Univ Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
  49596 (THEME SESSIONS)