T137 Geoscience Education Research: Implications for Undergraduate Geoscience Teaching and Learning

Monday, 23 October 2017
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 2A

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  PREDICT-OBSERVE-EXPLAIN: A PROMISING ACTIVE LEARNING PEDAGOGY FOR PROMOTING CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING, SELF-EFFICACY, AND INTEREST IN GEOSCIENCE IN INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY
  Bailey Zo Kreager, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL and Nicole LaDue, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
  299981 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  ASSESSING THE INSTRUCTIONAL UTILITY AND LEARNING EFFICACY OF COMMON ACTIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES
  David A. McConnell, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and Katherine Ryker, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI and C. Doug Czajka, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and LeeAnna Young Chapman, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and Jason Jones, Knightdale, NC and Jennifer Wiggen, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
  305601 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  WRITING TO LEARN FOR SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: EVALUATION AND RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS OF A CURRICULUM FOR HISTORICAL GEOLOGY
  Carrie L. Wright, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
  299597 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  POSITIVE IMPACT OF CLASSROOM TRANSFORMATION ON INEQUALITY IN DFW RATES (“D” OR “F” GRADE, OR WITHDRAW) FOR FIRST-TIME FRESHMAN, FEMALES, AND UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES IN TWO INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY COURSES
  Jennifer A. Roberts, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Alison Olcott Marshall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Noah McLean, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Gregory Baker, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Andreas Möller, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  306432 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  TWO-STAGE EXAMS REDUCE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP IN UNDERGRADUATE OCEANOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY CLASSES
  Barbara Bruno, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, HI and Jennifer Engels, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI and Garrett Ito, SOEST, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI and Jeffrey J. Gillis-Davis, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI and Henrietta Dulai, SOEST, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI and Glenn Carter, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI and Charles Fletcher, SOEST, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI and Daniela Bottjer-Wilson, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
  301810 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  INTEGRATE IMPLEMENTATION IN A LARGE-LECTURE COURSE: ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS ON STUDENT ATTITUDES AND ACHIEVEMENT OF LEARNING GOALS
  Christopher A. Berg, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
  303910 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT PEDAGOGICAL PREPARATION IN THE GEOSCIENCES: COMMUNITY VALUES AND PRIORITIES, GUIDING RESEARCH, AND NEXT STEPS
  Kelsey Bitting, Boston, NC and Katherine Ryker, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI and Rachel Teasdale, CSU Chico, Chico, CA
  304622 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  BEYOND THE DISCIPLINES IN DISCIPLINE-BASED EDUCATION RESEARCH
  Erin L. Dolan, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
  296773 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  HOW DO STUDENTS DEFINE AND DESCRIBE SUSTAINABILITY, AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO BETTER CONVEY THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOLOGY IN SUSTAINABILITY?
  Michael Pelch, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  300083 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  HOW TINY IS A PROTON? UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT FAMILIARITY WITH SUB-METER METRIC SCALE
  Laura Tinigin, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI and Heather L. Petcovic, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI and Nicole LaDue, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
  304725 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  CLASSROOM LESSONS FROM GEOSCIENCE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND PRESENTATIONS
  Wayne Hamilton, Baylor UniversityGeosciences, Waco, TX and Joe Yelderman, Baylor University, Waco, TX
  303629 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  AN EXPLORATORY STUDY EXAMINING THE EVOLUTION OF GEOLOGY STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH HISTORY AND GEOLOGIC TIME
  C. Doug Czajka, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and David A. McConnell, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
  308131 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  FROM MASS EXTINCTIONS TO MODERN EXTINCTIONS: TEACHING WITH INTEGRATE'S ONLINE CHANGING BIOSPHERE MODULE
  Camille A. Holmgren, Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY and Rebecca E. Teed, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
  295117 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  APPLYING THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS TO THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN THE GEOSCIENCES
  Nicole LaDue, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL and Caitlin Callahan, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI and Lorenzo Baber, Iowa State University, Ames, IA and Julie M. Sexton, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO and Katrien van der Hoeven Kraft, Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, WA and Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
  302667 (Technical Sessions)