ED41C:
Transformative Innovations in Earth, Oceans, and Atmospheric Science Education for Undergraduates Supported by the NSF Educational Funding Programs, and New Needs and Directions I

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Jeffrey G Ryan, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States and Jill Singer, SUNY-Buffalo State, Earth Sciences, Buffalo, NY, United States
Primary Conveners:  Jeffrey G Ryan, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
Co-conveners:  Jill Singer, SUNY-Buffalo State, Earth Sciences, Buffalo, NY, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Jeffrey G Ryan, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
 
NSF-Sponsored Summit on the Future of Undergraduate Geoscience Education: outcomes
Sharon Mosher, Univ Texas, Austin, TX, United States
8:15 AM
 
Transforming Indigenous Geoscience Education and Research (TIGER)
Antony R Berthelote, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
8:30 AM
 
On the Cutting Edge: Workshops, Online Resources, and Community Development
Heather Macdonald, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, United States, Cathryn A Manduca, Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College, Northfield, MN, United States, David W Mogk, Montana State Univ, Bozeman, MT, United States, Barbara J Tewksbury, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, United States, Sean Fox, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, United States, Ellen A R Iverson, Carleton College, SERC, Northfield, MN, United States, Rachel J Beane, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, United States, David A Mcconnell, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States, Katryn Wiese, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States and Michael Edward Wysession, Washington Univ, Saint Louis, MO, United States
8:45 AM
 
Incorporating Cutting Edge Scientific Results from the MARGINS-GeoPRISMS Program into the Undergraduate Curriculum: An Overview
Julia K Morgan1, August Costa1, Andrew Mark Goodliffe2, Jeffrey S Marshall3 and Ellen A R Iverson4, (1)Rice University, Houston, TX, United States, (2)University of Alabama, Geological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (3)California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Pomona, CA, United States, (4)Carleton College, SERC, Northfield, MN, United States
9:00 AM
 
The use of high-frequency data to engage students in quantitative reasoning and scientific discourse
Catherine O'Reilly1, Thomas Meixner2, Nick Bader3, Cayelan Carey4, Devin Castendyk5, Rebekka Gougis-Darner6, Randy Fuller7, Catherine Gibson8, Jennifer Klug9, David Richardson10 and Janet Stomberg6, (1)Illinois State University, Department of Geography-Geology, Normal, IL, United States, (2)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, United States, (4)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (5)SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, NY, United States, (6)Illinois State University, School of Biological Sciences, Normal, IL, United States, (7)Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, United States, (8)Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States, (9)Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, United States, (10)SUNY College at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, United States
9:15 AM
 
Creation and Assessment of an Active E-Learning Introductory Geoscience Course
Stefany M Sit, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States and Michael R Brudzinski, Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States
9:30 AM
 
Using Systems Thinking to Frame the Evaluation of a Complex Educational Intervention
Kim A Kastens1, Carol Baldassari2, Jacqueline DeLisi1 and Cathryn A Manduca3, (1)Education Development Center, Waltham, MA, United States, (2)PERG, Endicott College, Beverly, MA, United States, (3)Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College, Northfield, MN, United States
 
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