Session: Integrating Active Learning Strategies into College-Level Geoscience Classrooms: Implementation, Effects, and “Lessons Learned” (GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Session No. 210

Tuesday, 6 November 2018: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Room 233 (Indiana Convention Center)

T72. Integrating Active Learning Strategies into College-Level Geoscience Classrooms: Implementation, Effects, and “Lessons Learned”

GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers; National Association of Geoscience Teachers Geoscience Education Research Division

Jason P. Jones, Katherine Ryker, LeeAnna Young Chapman and C. Doug Czajka, Advocates

Paper #

Start Time

1:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

210-1

1:35 PM

A GRAPHIC SYLLABUS

BARBOSA, Alayde A. and ABERCROMBIE, Mary I., Marine & Ecological Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Blvd South, Ft. Myers, FL 33965

210-2

1:50 PM

REPLACING THE PASSIVE TEXTBOOK: DIGITAL ACTIVE LEARNING TO ENHANCE A LARGE ENROLLMENT, LIBERAL STUDIES GEOSCIENCE COURSE

SKINNER, Lisa A., School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Geology Program, Northern Arizona University, PO Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 and BRATTON III, Donald, Smart Sparrow, LLC, 375 Alabama St, Ste 490, San Francisco, CA 94110; Center for Education through Exploration (ETX), Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404

210-3

2:05 PM

FLIPPING A LECTURE CLASSROOM TO IMPROVE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

TERRY, Dylan, Geology, California State University San Bernardino, 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA 92407

210-4

2:20 PM

IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES IN INTRODUCTORY GEOSCIENCE COURSES WITH LECTURE TUTORIALS (Invited Presentation)

KORTZ, Karen M., Physics Department, Community College of Rhode Island, 1762 Louisquisset Pike, Lincoln, RI 02865 and SMAY, Jessica J., Department of Physical Sciences, San Jose City College, 2100 Moorpark Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128

210-5

2:40 PM

PUTTING TOGETHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE: STUDENT LEARNING IN JIGSAW ACTIVITIES

VAN DER HOEVEN KRAFT, Katrien J., Science, Whatcom Community College, 237 W. Kellogg Road, Bellingham, WA 98226 and TEASDALE, Rachel, Geological & Environmental Sciences, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA 95929-0205

210-6

2:55 PM

PREDICT-OBSERVE-EXPLAIN (POE): A QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF POE ON CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING, SELF-EFFICACY, AND INTEREST IN INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY

KREAGER, Bailey Zo, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115 and LADUE, Nicole, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, 302 Davis Hall, Normal Road, DeKalb, IL 60115

210-7

3:10 PM

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANIC ERUPTION EXERCISE: A WAY TO GET STUDENTS COLLECTING DATA, WORKING TOGETHER AND INTERPRETING THE PLOTTED VALUES

IDSTEIN, Peter J., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Reseach Building, 121 Washington Ave, Lexington, KY 40506

3:25 PM

Break

210-8

3:40 PM

CLEARING A PATH TOWARD CHANGE: ENCOURAGING OUR COLLEAGUES TO ADOPT ACTIVE LEARNING (Invited Presentation)

BITTING, Kelsey S., Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning Through Research, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115

210-9

4:00 PM

GETTING FACULTY TO ADOPT ACTIVE LEARNING: A NEW APPROACH

TOMKIN, Jonathan H.¹, BEILSTEIN, Shereen O.¹, MORPHEW, Jason W.² and HERMAN, Geoffrey L.³, (1)School of Earth, Society, and Environment, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, (2)Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, (3)Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801

210-10

4:15 PM

ACTIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES IN INTRODUCTORY GEOSCIENCES COURSES: SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES WITH ONLINE COURSE DEVELOPMENT

OWEN, Athena M., Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762 and CLARY, Renee M., Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39759

210-11

4:30 PM

ACTIVE LEARNING PRACTICES IN THE GEOSCIENCES: LEARNING FROM 300+ CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS (Invited Presentation)

TEASDALE, Rachel, Geological & Environmental Sciences, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA 95929-0205, RYKER, Katherine, School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, VISKUPIC, Karen, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725 and MANDUCA, Cathryn, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College, 1 North College Street, Northfield, MN 55057

210-12

4:50 PM

EVIDENCE THAT TEACHING WITH INTEGRATE RESULTS IN ACTIVE LEARNING PRACTICES

VISKUPIC, Karen, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, RYKER, Katherine, School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, TEASDALE, Rachel, Geological & Environmental Sciences, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA 95929-0205 and MANDUCA, Cathryn, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College, 1 North College Street, Northfield, MN 55057

210-13

5:05 PM

NATIONAL SURVEY OF GEOSCIENCE TEACHING PRACTICES 2016: CURRENT TRENDS IN GEOSCIENCE INSTRUCTION OF SCIENTIFIC MODELING AND SYSTEMS THINKING

LALLY, Diane¹, FORBES, Cory¹, MCNEAL, Karen S.² and SOLTIS, Nick², (1)School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, 3310 Holdrege St, Lincoln, NE 68583, (2)Geosciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849

5:20 PM

Discussion

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