Session: Educational Issues in Teaching and Research at Two-Year Colleges (2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002))

Session No. 39

Sunday, 27 October 2002: 1:00 PM-3:45 PM

T37. Educational Issues in Teaching and Research at Two-Year Colleges

National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Laura A. Guertin and Brittina A. Argow, Advocates

Paper #

Start Time

1:00 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:15 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, rhmacd@wm.edu

1:30 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 and BARTLEY, John W., Math & Physical Sciences Dept, Muskegon Community College, 221 South Quarterline Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-1493, shrobac@umpqua.cc.or.us, shrobac@umpqua.cc.or.us

1:45 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, scsemken@shiprock.ncc.cc.nm.us

2:00 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 and DUDKIN, Elizabeth A., Biology, Penn State Delaware County, 25 Yearsley Mill Road, Media, PA 19063, uxg3@psu.edu, uxg3@psu.edu

2:15 PM

Break

2:30 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, Britt.Argow@sunywcc.edu

2:45 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, fflorence@sunyjefferson.edu

3:00 PM

CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF PHYSICAL GEOLOGY--HOW IMPORTANT IS PHYSICS?

MCKENNEY, Rose, Geosciences, Pacific Lutheran Univ, Tacoma, WA 98447, mckennra@plu.edu, mckennra@plu.edu

3:15 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 and CZECK, Dyanna, Geoscience Department, Indiana Univ of Pennsylvania, Walsh Hall, 115, 302 East Walk, Indiana, PA 15705, pbhattacharyya@stlcc.cc.mo.us, pbhattacharyya@stlcc.cc.mo.us

3:30 PM

Discussion

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