170 Quantitative and Data Analysis Skills in Geoscience Education: Supporting Student, Course, and Program Outcomes, Part I

Quantitative and data analysis skills are critical for geoscientists but often a barrier for students. This session includes strategies for skill development, from activities to geoscience-focused quantitative skills courses to departmental innovations supporting quantitative and analysis skills across degree programs.

Tuesday, 21 October 2025
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
HBGCC, 301B

Participants

• Chair Eric Baer
• Chair Rory McFadden
• Chair Beth Pratt-Sitaula

Presentations

• 8:05 AM
  Building Quantitative Skills In an Oceanography Course at UNC-Pembroke
  Martin Farley, Univ North Carolina - Pembroke, Pembroke, NC
  412708 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:20 AM
  Comparing Two Number Sets: A Foundational Concept for Earth Science Education
  Michael Liemohn, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI
  412721 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:35 AM
  Pedagogical models can unlock the opportunities for using large publicly available data sets in the classroom.
  Dax Soule, School of Earth and Environmental Science, Queens, NY and Catherine O'Reilly, Swenson College of Science and Engineering- Large Lakes Observatory, Duluth, MN and Janice McDonnell, Center for Ocean Observing Leadership, New Brunswick, NJ and Rebekka Darner, Center for Mathematics, Science & Technology, Urbana, IL and Sage Lichtenwalner, Marine and Coastal Sciences - School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ and Tai Josek, Advanced Science and Technology, Urbana, IL
  412161 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:55 AM
  Development of The Math You Need, When Your Earth Science Majors Need It Modules
  Eric Baer, Highline College, Des Moines, WA and Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope Consortium, Centennial, CO and Rory McFadden, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Michael Coe, Cedar Lake Research Group, Portland, OR
  411915 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:10 AM
  Using Asynchronous Quantitative Skills Modules to Improve Math Literacy in Geoscience Courses
  Kelly Deuerling, University of Nebraska Omaha, Geography/Geology, Omaha, NE
  412267 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:25 AM
  Online Math Modules Support Significant Skill and Confidence Building in an Introductory Marine Science Course
  Laura Treible, Savannah State University, Savannah, GA
  414005 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:00 AM
  The Math You Need to Support a Dedicated Quantitative Skills Course for Geologists
  Kyle Fredrick, PennWest - California, PA, Pittsburgh, PA and Daniel Harris, PennWest, Cal, California, PA
  413732 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:15 AM
  Math Without Fear: Building Quantitative Confidence for Geology Students Through a Dedicated ‘Geomath' Course
  Natalia Zakharova, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI and Mona Sirbescu, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI
  413678 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:30 AM
  Recentering Plate Tectonics in the Geosciences Curriculum: An Approach to Integrate Quantification Skills Into a Broad-based Undergraduate Community
  Kevin Furlong, Penn State Univ, University Park, PA and Kirsty McKenzie, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA and Matthew Herman, CSU Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA
  412247 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:45 AM
  Teaching Data Analytics and GIS Fundamentals to Novice Undergraduate Researchers in a Seven-Day Bootcamp
  Nan Crystal Arens, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY and Rob Beutner, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
  413379 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  Integrating Experiential Learning Together With Quantitative, Analytical & Critical Thinkings Skills In Curricula To Recruit Future Geoscientists At A HBCU
  Aditya Kar, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA
  414137 (Technical Sessions)