2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 29 Sunday, 28 October 2007
3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 601

Geoscience Education I

Wm. Jay Sims and Keith Montgomery, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
29-13:30 PM TEACHING LEGITIMATE SCIENTIFIC CONTROVERSIES TO IMPROVE GEOSCIENCE LEARNING: RELEVANT RESEARCH FINDINGS: WANDERSEE, James H., Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice, Louisiana State University, Room 223 F, Peabody Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, jwander@lsu.edu and CLARY, Renee M., Geosciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 5448, Mississippi State, MS 39762
29-23:45 PM JUDGING SIDES IN A CONTROVERSY: THEORY CHOICE AS APPLIED TO EARTH EXPANSION AND SEA FLOOR SPREADING: MONTGOMERY, Keith, Geography - Geology, U. Wisconsin Marathon County, 518 South 7th Ave, Wausau, WI 54401, keith.montgomery@uwc.edu
29-34:00 PM INCORPORATING THE GREAT DINOSAUR FEUD IN GEOSCIENCE CLASSROOMS: A RESEARCH STUDY: CLARY, Renee M., Geosciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 5448, Mississippi State, MS 39762, rclary@geosci.msstate.edu and WANDERSEE, James H., Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice, Louisiana State University, Room 223 F, Peabody Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
29-44:15 PM THE BIG RED CARROT - MARS AS A TOOL FOR GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION: ANDERSON, Marion, School of Geosciences, Monash University, School of Geosciences, Monash University, Victoria 3800 Australia, marion.anderson@sci.monash.edu.au
29-54:30 PM USING A MOCK TRIAL TO TEACH SCIENCE TO UNSCIENCE STUDENTS: BAIR, E. Scott, Geological Sciences, Ohio State Univ, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, Columbus, OH 43210, bair.1@osu.edu and SVITANA, Kevin, Department of Life and Earth Science, Otterbein College, One Otterbein College, Westerville, OH 43081
29-64:45 PM WHAT TO DO? PALGARISM AND ORIGINALITY IN ONLINE GEOSCIENCE COURSES: SIMS, W. Jay, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, 2801 S. University, Little Rock, AR 72204-1099, wjsims@ualr.edu
29-75:00 PM ACCESS TO GEOLOGIC EDUCATION IN SECTARIAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: RITTERBUSH, Linda Anita, Department of Geology, California Lutheran University, 60 Olsen Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360, ritterbu@clunet.edu

Back to the 2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
General Information for this Meeting