CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

Session No. 21
Sunday, 9 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 211AB (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T174. Identifying and Addressing K–16 Student Misconceptions in the Earth-Science Classroom

National Association of Geoscience Teachers

 

Laura A. Guertin, Tanya Furman, Jason Petula and Scott McDonald, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:15 AM
GRADE 4-12 STUDENT CONCEPTIONS OF ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA
PETULA, Jason, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, Pennsylvania State University, W314C Omsted Building, 777 West Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA 17057 and PALMA, Chris, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, 419 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802, jjp122@psu.edu, jjp122@psu.edu
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8:30 AM
UPPER ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND TEACHER MISCONCEPTIONS OF THE INTERIOR OF THE EARTH
PICKARD, Megan, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 303 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, LICONA, Peter, Curriculum and Instruction, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and GUERTIN, Laura, Earth Science, Penn State Brandywine, 25 Yearsley Mill Road, Media, PA 19063, mup163@psu.edu, mup163@psu.edu
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8:45 AM
UPPER ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND TEACHER MISCONCEPTIONS OF THE CAUSES OF THE BREAKUP OF PANGAEA
LICONA, Peter, Curriculum and Instruction, The Pennsylvania State University, 118 Chambers Building, University Park, PA 16802, PICKARD, Megan, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 303 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802 and GUERTIN, Laura, Earth Science, Penn State Brandywine, 25 Yearsley Mill Road, Media, PA 19063, prl5046@psu.edu, prl5046@psu.edu
4
9:00 AM
MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER MISCONCEPTIONS OF GEOLOGIC TIME
GUERTIN, Laura A., Earth Science, Penn State Brandywine, 25 Yearsley Mill Road, Media, PA 19063, LICONA, Peter, Curriculum and Instruction, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and PICKARD, Megan, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 303 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, guertin@psu.edu, guertin@psu.edu
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9:15 AM
LEARNING GAINS FROM A BRIEF LECTURE/DEMONSTRATION OF MOON PHASES
TEED, Rebecca, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, 260 Brehm Labs, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, OH 45435, WRIGHT, Carrie, Geology and Physics Department, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN 47712 and BASISTA, Beth, Department of Physics, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, OH 45435, rebecca.teed@wright.edu, rebecca.teed@wright.edu
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9:30 AM
ACTIVITIES GROUNDED IN EVIDENCE-BASED EXPLANATIONS HELP PRE-SERVICE ELEMENTARY EDUCATORS MOVE TOWARDS DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF CLIMATE SCIENCE
MERRITT, Mark, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Pennsylvania State University, 144 Chambers Building, University Park, PA 16802, ZEMBAL-SAUL, Carla, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Pennsylvania State University, 141B Chambers Building, University Park, PA 16802, LARCOM, Elizabeth, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Pennsylvania State University, 118 Chambers Building, University Park, PA 16802, CRANE, Robert, Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University, 221 Walker Building, University Park, PA 16802 and FURMAN, Tanya, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 333 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, mdm35@psu.edu, mdm35@psu.edu
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9:45 AM
WHAT DO OUR STUDENTS KNOW ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE?
THEISSEN, Kevin M., Geology, University of St. Thomas, Mail# OWS 153, 2115 Summit Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105, kmtheissen@stthomas.edu, kmtheissen@stthomas.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
8
10:15 AM
IDENTIFYING MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AMONG UNDERGRADUATES
MEAD, Chris, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, SEMKEN, Steven, School of Earth and Space Exploration and Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 and ANBAR, Ariel D., School of Earth and Space Exploration and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, cmead14@unl.edu, cmead14@unl.edu
9
10:30 AM
GREEN, STINKY, AND SICK: UNDERGRADUATES' CONCEPTIONS OF EUTROPHICATION
ROWBOTHAM, Katherine L., Mallinson Institute for Science Education, Western Michigan University, 1903 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5444, PETCOVIC, Heather L., Department of Geosciences and The Mallinson Institute for Science Education, Western Michigan University, 1903 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5241 and KORETSKY, Carla M., Geosciences Department, Western Michigan University, 1903 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5241, katerowbot@gmail.com, katerowbot@gmail.com
10
10:45 AM
VOLCANOES IN CONTEXT: ISLAND ARCS AND HOT SPOTS
FURMAN, Tanya and WITTER, Molly, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 333 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, furman@psu.edu, furman@psu.edu
11
11:00 AM
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PETRIFIED WOOD AS A GEOBIOLOGICAL PORTAL TO IDENTIFY MISCONCEPTIONS IN GEOLOGIC TIME, FOSSILIZATION, AND MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITION
WANDERSEE, James H., Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice, Louisiana State University, 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
12
11:15 AM
LESSONS AND APPLICATIONS FROM COMPLEXITY THEORY TO THE GEOSCIENCES
FICHTER, Lynn S., Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 and BAEDKE, Steve J., Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, MSC 6903, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, fichtels@jmu.edu, fichtels@jmu.edu
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11:30 AM
COUNTERING CREATIONIST MISCONCEPTIONS IN THE EARTH SCIENCES
NEWTON, Steven, National Center for Science Education, 420 40th St., Suite 2, Oakland, CA 94609, newton@ncse.com, newton@ncse.com
 
11:45 AM
Concluding Remarks
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