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Southeastern Section - 58th Annual Meeting (12-13 March 2009)

Session No. 18
Friday, 13 March 2009: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T2. Evaluating Educational Outcomes in Geoscience Courses and Curricula

 

Laura Reiser Wetzel and Dorien Kymberly McGee, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
ASSESSMENT OF CRITICAL THINKING AND CIVIC THINKING IN INTRODUCTORY SCIENCE CLASSES
MCCONNELL, David, Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, david_mcconnell@ncsu.edu, david_mcconnell@ncsu.edu
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1:55 PM
ASSESSING STUDENTS' EARTH HISTORY MISCONCEPTIONS WITHIN AN INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY COURSE
MACDONALD Jr, James H., Marine and Ecological Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast State University, 10501 FGCU Boulevard South, Fort Myers, FL 33965, HIBBARD, Susan T., Division of Teacher Education, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Boulevard South, Fort Myers, FL 33965, SAVARESE, Michael, Marine and Ecological Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Boulevard South, Fort Myers, FL 33965 and TEED, Rebecca, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Wright State University, 260 Brehm Labs, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, OH 55057, jmacdona@fgcu.edu, jmacdona@fgcu.edu
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2:15 PM
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF STUDENT ATTITUDE SURVEYS IN EARTH SCIENCE LAB COURSES
O'NEAL-CALDWELL, Marianne, Division of Mathematics and Sciences, Hillsborough Community College, 4001 Tampa Bay Blvd, Tampa, FL 33614 and WANG, Ping, Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620, mcaldwell@hccfl.edu, mcaldwell@hccfl.edu
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2:35 PM
EVALUATING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF SPREADSHEETS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM MODULES
WETZEL, Laura Reiser and KAREL, Patrick R., Marine Science, Eckerd College, 4200 54th Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL 33711, wetzellr@eckerd.edu, wetzellr@eckerd.edu
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2:55 PM
BRINGING NATIONAL PARKS INTO THE CLASSROOM: ARE SPREADSHEETS A GATEWAY TO QUANTITATIVE AND GEOSCIENCE LITERACY?
MCGEE, Dorien K., MCILRATH, Judy and VACHER, H.L., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, dmcgee@cas.usf.edu, dmcgee@cas.usf.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:35 PM
ASSESSING LEARNING IN INTRODUCTORY GEOSCIENCE COURSES USING NORMALIZED GAIN SCORES AND THE GEOSCIENCE CONCEPT INVENTORY
MCCONNELL, David, Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, STEER, David, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4101 and LIBARKIN, Julie, Department of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, 206 Natural Science Building, Geosciences Department, East Lansing, MI 48824, david_mcconnell@ncsu.edu, david_mcconnell@ncsu.edu
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3:55 PM
ELECTRONIC STUDENT RESPONSE SYSTEMS AND PEER INSTRUCTION: WHO GAINS? WHO LOSES?
STEER, David, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4101 and GRAY, Kyle, Curricular and Instructional Studies, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, steer@uakron.edu, steer@uakron.edu
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4:15 PM
EVALUATING THE EDUCATIONAL IMPACTS OF BRINGING RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION INTO GEOLOGY COURSES VIA REMOTE ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES
RYAN, Jeffrey G., Geology, Univ of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620 and BECK, Mary, Geology, University of South Florida, 3344 Robert Trent Jones Dr. #407, Orlando, FL 32835, ryan@shell.cas.usf.edu, ryan@shell.cas.usf.edu
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4:35 PM
USE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOARDS OF GEOLOGY‘S FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOLOGY EXAMINATION AS A GEOLOGY PROGRAM ASSESSMENT TOOL
SCHMITZ, Darrel W., Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, schmitz@ra.msstate.edu, schmitz@ra.msstate.edu
 
4:55 PM
Concluding Remarks
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