Session No. 189
Wednesday, 25 October 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
T54. Translating Earth: Conceptions Research in Earth Science Education
Julie C. Libarkin, Advocates
8:00 AM
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING, SPATIAL ABILITIES, AND CONTENT TEST SUCCESS
BLACK, Jill, Geography, Geology & Planning, Missouri State University, Temple Hall 337, 901. S. National, Springfield, MO 65897, jabdeb829@aol.com, jabdeb829@aol.com
8:15 AM
UNCOVERING SPATIAL VISUAL LEARNING IN THE GEOSCIENCES
MOORE, Juli Ann, Geology, Kansas State Unversity, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66547 and TOTTEN, Iris Moreno, Geology, Kansas State University, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, jamoore@ksu.edu, jamoore@ksu.edu
8:30 AM
USING GEOLOGICAL CONCEPT SURVEYS TO GAUGE THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF COURSE COMPONENTS AND INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS IN GEOSCIENCE CLASSES
KIRKBY, Kent1, FINLEY, Fred
2 and ANDRE, Elizabeth
2, (1)Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (2)Curriculum and Instruction, Univ of Minnesota, 159 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, kirkby@umn.edu, kirkby@umn.edu
8:45 AM
LEARNING AND TEACHING GEOSCIENCE CONCEPTS
COOPER, Barbara C., Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and Physics, Purdue University, Physics Bldg, 525 Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2036 and KOGLIN Jr, Donald E., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, Civil Engineering Building, West Stadium Mall, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1397, bccooper@purdue.edu, bccooper@purdue.edu
10:15 AM
ASSESSING STUDENTS' PRE- AND POST-INSTRUCTION CONCEPTIONS OF AQUIFERS
SMITH, Shane V., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Youngstown State University, One University Plaza, Youngstown, OH 44555 and COOK, Geoffrey W., Department of Geology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2812, svsmith@ysu.edu, svsmith@ysu.edu
10:30 AM
THE EFFECTS OF VOCABULARY INTERVENTION ON NINTH GRADERS' UNDERSTANDING OF PLATE TECTONICS
SEKULA, Timothy, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Labs, Athens, OH 45701 and LIBARKIN, Julie, Department of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, ts189298@ohio.edu, ts189298@ohio.edu
11:00 AM
INTELLIGENT DESIGN AND ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTIONS
ZICKEFOOSE, Mark, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701 and LIBARKIN, Julie, Department of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, mz257502@ohio.edu, mz257502@ohio.edu
11:15 AM
HOW CAN A 2,300-YEAR-OLD GEOLOGY BOOK INITIATE CONCEPTUAL CHANGE? AN EXPLORATORY NATIONWIDE STUDY OF EARTH SCIENCE TEACHERS' IDEAS FOR USING EXCERPTS OF THEOPHRASTUS' TREATISE ON STONES
WANDERSEE, James H., Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice, Louisiana State University, Room 223 F, Peabody Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and CLARY, Renee M., Geosciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 1705, Mississippi State, MS 39762, jwander@lsu.edu, jwander@lsu.edu
11:30 AM
DRAW A T. REX: THE INTELLECTUAL INERTIA OF POPULAR SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTIONS
ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398 and ROSS, Robert M., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, wda1@cornell.edu, wda1@cornell.edu