39 Improving Undergraduate STEM Education and Advancing Diversity in the Geosciences—How Are We Doing?

Monday, 20 March 2017
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Allegheny, 17th Floor

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-INSTITUTION FIELD-BASED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL-STEM (ESTEM) UNDERGRADUATES
  Sarah R. Hall, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME and Calla Schmidt, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA and Becca Walker, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
  290986 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:55 PM
  A NEW DUAL ENROLLMENT RESEARCH SKILLS CLASS TO BUILD CONFIDENCE AND INTEREST IN A POPULATION OF POTENTIAL GEOSCIENCE MAJORS
  Jennifer Davis, University of Rhode Island, smithfield, RI and Dawn Cardace, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI and Karen Kortz, Community College of Rhode Island, Lincoln, RI and Duayne Rieger, Community College of Rhode Island, Warwick, RI and Brian Savage, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
  291202 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  STUDENT ATTITUDES IN INTRODUCTORY GEOSCIENCE COURSES
  Heather J. McCarthy, Department of Earth Sciences and Science Education, Buffalo, NY and Kevin K. Williams, Department of Earth Sciences and Science Education, Buffalo, NY
  291343 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  LEVERAGING IODP SAMPLES, DATA AND EDUCATION/OUTREACH RESOURCES IN SUPPORT OF A COURSE-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (CURE): BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES
  Jeffrey Ryan, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Antonio Luna, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Chris Vidito, Florida International University, Miami, FL and Rosemary Hickey-Vargas, Florida International University, Miami, FL and James H. MacDonald, Dept. of Marine and Ecological Science, Fort Myer, FL and Mary A. Beck, Valencia College, Orlando, FL
  290662 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:10 PM
  INITIAL RESULTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE OF THE STEM STUDENT EXPERIENCES ABOARD SHIPS (STEMSEAS) PROGRAM
  Sharon Cooper, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY and J.C. Lewis, Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
  291154 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF DIVERSE GEOSCIENCE UNDERGRADUATES
  Raquel M. Bryant, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA and Sharon Cooper, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY and Jonathan C. Lewis, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA and Karen B. Thomson, Brooklyn, NY
  291532 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  AN INTERACTIVE SCALE-UP CLASSROOM VS. A TRADITIONAL INSTRUCTOR-LED CLASSROOM: A COMPARISON OF STUDENT LEARNING GAINS IN AN EARTH SCIENCE COURSE FOR NON-SCIENCE MAJORS
  Baylee S. Stark, Wright State University, Dayton, OH and Stacey A. Hundley, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
  291209 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND AFFORDABLE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES – CAN THEY PROMOTE RETENTION AND DIVERSITY?
  Linda R. Musser, Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA
  291362 (Theme Sessions)