T154 Involving Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers in Geoscience Research: Innovations and Strategies for Evaluating Their Success

Monday, 20 October 2014
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Presentations

• 1:15 PM
  DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF RESEARCH EXPERIENCES IN A MASTER OF ARTS OF TEACHING EARTH SCIENCE PROGRAM
  Wayne Powell, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY and Eleanor Miele, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY and Jennifer Adams, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
  245154 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:35 PM
  THE BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF ENGAGING TEACHERS IN RESEARCH TO ENHANCE SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS
  Holly S. Godsey, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Louisa A. Stark, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Melissa M. Goldsmith, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
  247378 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  BROADENING DIVERSITY IN THE GEOSCIENCES THROUGH TEACHER-STUDENT WORKSHOPS THAT EMPHASIZES COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH PROJECTS
  Kent S. Murray, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI
  240501 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  MEASURING STUDENT OUTCOMES: EVALUATING THE PROGRAM AND BENEFICIAL TO THE STUDENT AND MENTOR
  Jill Singer, SUNY-Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY and Bridget Zimmerman, SUNY-Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY and Daniel Weiler, Berkeley, CA
  248772 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  SCIENCE TEACHING SELF-EFFICACY AND SCIENCE CONTENT COURSES: ASSESSING THE ROLE OF FIELD EXPERIENCE
  Kyle Gray, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
  243583 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  THE FIRST YEAR OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GEOSCIENCES DIRECTORATE’S FIRST PRE-SERVICE TEACHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES (REU)
  Mark Abolins, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
  250295 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES: THE PROS AND CONS OF INITIAL PLANNING FOR A REU FOR PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS
  John D. Fultz, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN and Shaina J. Dunn, Middle Tennessee State University, Seymour, MO and Heather J. Brown, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
  247153 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS INVOLVEMENT IN NINE-WEEK STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY RESEARCH EXPERIENCE, MURFREESBORO, TN
  Joe Camacho, Pomona, CA and Shaunna D. Young, Radford University, Radford, VA and Mark Abolins, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
  249664 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  PRE-SERVICE TEACHER REFLECTIONS FROM A PLANT ECOLOGY INVESTIGATION WITHIN A NINE-WEEK SUMMER 2013 GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
  Anthony Mims, Bechtelsville, PA and Kathryn Briggs, Middle Tennessee State University, Lexington, KY
  247110 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  RECRUITING PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS AS MENTORS IN A UNIVERSITY SUMMER SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM TO BETTER ENGAGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH
  Gail K. Bennington, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY and J. Bret Bennington, Hempstead, NY
  250150 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EARTH SCIENCE TEACHING IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS IN TEXAS: THE G-CAMP APPROACH
  Kevin Gamache, and Office of the Vice President for Research, College Station, TX and John R. Giardino, and Water Management & Hydrological Sciences Graduate Program, College Station, TX and John D. Vitek, and Water Management & Hydrological Science Graduate Program, College Station, TX and Carolyn Schroeder, and Center for Math and Science Education, College Station, TX
  244561 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  “WHAT ROCK IS THAT?” (AND OTHER COMMON CLASSROOM QUESTIONS)—A FREE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR TEACHERS WITH NHMU
  Natalie Toth, Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Jessica Seppi, Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
  246737 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  DEVELOPING A SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE K-12 GEOSCIENCE OUTREACH PROGRAM
  Robyn M. Dahl, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA and Ian Hughes, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
  249488 (Technical Sessions)