Session No. 39 Sunday, October 27, 2002

1:00 PM-3:45 PM, Colorado Convention Center: C105/107
T37. Educational Issues in Teaching and Research at Two-Year Colleges
Laura A. Guertin and Brittina A. Argow, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 1:00 PM Introductory Remarks
39-11:15 PM INCREASING THE PARTICIPATION AND LEADERSHIP OF TWO-YEAR COLLEGE FACULTY IN THE GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION COMMUNITY: RESULTS OF A NAGT PLANNING WORKSHOP: MACDONALD, R. Heather, Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, PO Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, rhmacd@wm.edu.
39-21:30 PM CONTRIBUTING TO THE DIGITAL LIBRARY FOR EARTH SYSTEM EDUCATION (DLESE): POTENTIAL BENEFITS FOR TWO-YEAR COLLEGE EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, AND THE GREATER EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: SHROBA, Cynthia S., Science Department, Umpqua Community College, P. O. Box 967, Roseburg, OR 97470, shrobac@umpqua.cc.or.us and BARTLEY, John W., Math & Physical Sciences Dept, Muskegon Community College, 221 South Quarterline Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-1493
39-31:45 PM WHAT ARE THE SCHOLARLY OPPORTUNITIES FOR TWO-YEAR-COLLEGE GEOSCIENCE FACULTY AND THEIR STUDENTS?: SEMKEN, Steven C., Division of Math, Science, and Technology, Dine College, POB 580, Yucca Street, Shiprock Navajo Nation, NM 87420-0580, scsemken@shiprock.ncc.cc.nm.us.
39-42:00 PM CREATING A COMMUNITY OF SCIENCE LEARNERS AT A TWO-YEAR CAMPUS: GUERTIN, Laura A., Earth Sciences, Penn State Delaware County, 25 Yearsley Mill Road, Media, PA 19063, uxg3@psu.edu and DUDKIN, Elizabeth A., Biology, Penn State Delaware County, 25 Yearsley Mill Road, Media, PA 19063
 2:15 PM Break
39-52:30 PM DEFINING ‘SUCCESS’ IN INTRODUCTORY SCIENCE CLASSES: ISSUES FACING TWO-YEAR COLLEGE PROFESSORS: ARGOW, Brittina A., Physical Sciences, SUNY/Westchester Community College, 75 Grasslands Rd, Valhalla, NY 10595, Britt.Argow@sunywcc.edu.
39-62:45 PM IMPROVING STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION RATES IN AN INTRODUCTORY EARTH SCIENCE COURSE: FLORENCE, Frank P., Science Division, Jefferson Community College, Watertown, NY 13601, fflorence@sunyjefferson.edu.
39-73:00 PM CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF PHYSICAL GEOLOGY--HOW IMPORTANT IS PHYSICS?: MCKENNEY, Rose, Geosciences/Environmental Studies, Pacific Lutheran Univ, Tacoma, WA 98447, mckennra@plu.edu.
39-83:15 PM WEATHERED M&M’S®: USING CANDIES TO DEMONSTRATE GEOLOGIC CONCEPTS IN LECTURE-BASED INTRODUCTORY EARTH SCIENCE COURSES: BHATTACHARYYA, Prajukti, Physical Sciences Department, St Louis Community College, Meramec, Science South 210, 11333 Big Bend Blvd, St Louis, MO 63122, pbhattacharyya@stlcc.cc.mo.us and CZECK, Dyanna, Geoscience Department, Indiana Univ of Pennsylvania, Walsh Hall, 115, 302 East Walk, Indiana, PA 15705
 3:30 PM Discussion

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