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311 Geoscience Education III: Research on Learning in the Geosciences

Oral Session
General Discipline Sessions
Wednesday, 8 October 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 342AD

Presiding:
Alison Stokes , Daniel Murray and Kevin Svitana
1:30 PM
311-1
“It's An Experience You Will Never Forget”: Qualifying the Link Between Fieldwork and the Affective Domain
Alison Stokes, University of Plymouth; Kirsty Magnier, University of Plymouth
1:45 PM
311-2
Refocusing the Revolution: A New Research Agenda for Geoscience Education
Elizabeth B. Lewis, Arizona State University
2:00 PM
311-3
Patterns, Predictions, and the Fossil Record: Key to the Public Understanding of Common Descent
Keith B. Miller, Kansas State University
2:15 PM
311-4
A Coprolitic Vision for Paleontology Education
Renee M. Clary, Mississippi State University; James H. Wandersee, Louisiana State University
2:30 PM
311-5
Using An Achievement Motivation Model to Understand the Affective and Cognitive Benefits of Cooperative Mineralogy Exams
LeeAnn Srogi, West Chester University; Miriam Fuhrman, Rock Solid Testing Services; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Katrien J. Kraft, Mesa Community College; Steven Semken, Arizona State University
2:45 PM
311-6
Research Opportunities In Extensional Dynamics for US Undergraduate and Graduate Geosciences Students In Western Turkey
Elizabeth Catlos, University of Texas at Austin; Ibrahim Çemen, Oklahoma State Univ; Atekwana Estella, Oklahoma State Univ
3:00 PM
311-7
Earth System Science Informal Educator Professional Development
Carlyn Keith Buckler, Paleontological Research Institution; Robert M. Ross, Paleontological Research Institution
3:15 PM
311-8
Small-Scale Research Projects as a Means of Teaching Geological Techniques to Undergraduate Students
Douglas W. Haywick, University of South Alabama
3:30 PM
Break
3:45 PM
311-9
Teaching and Learning Cladistics
Karen Kortz, Community College of Rhode Island; David Fastovsky, Univ of Rhode Island; Daniel Murray, Univ. of Rhode Island; Jessica J. Smay, San Jose City College
4:00 PM
311-10
Plutons and Porphyroblasts: Developing a Collaborative Student Research Program in Hardrock Geology
Jade Star Lackey, Pomona College
4:15 PM
311-11
Changes In Student Attitudes after Completing a Year of Introductory Geology Courses
Jennifer A. Stempien, University of Colorado at Boulder
4:30 PM
311-12
Embedding Research Principles Early in a Geology Curriculum
Andrew Wulff, Western Kentucky University
4:45 PM
311-13
Does Earth and Ocean Sciences Change How Students See the World? Assessing How Earth and Ocean Sciences Courses Affect Student Attitudes
Ben kennedy, University of British Columbia; Brett Hollis Gilley, University of British Columbia; Tom Pierre Frappe, University of British Columbia
5:00 PM
311-14
Atmospheric Balloon Studies: A Collaboration Between Minority and Traditional Undergraduate and Graduate Institutions
S. Austin, Medgar Evers College, City University of New York; L. Johnson, Medgar Evers College, City University of New York; B. Lefer, University of Houston; G. Morris, Valparaiso University; P.A. Morris, University of Houston-Downtown; D.K. Walter, South Carolina State University
5:15 PM
311-15
A Recipe for Successful Online Geoscience Courses
Kelly Dilliard, Wayne State College
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