93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008)

COS 25 - In The Classroom: Kindergarten through Graduate I

Tuesday, August 5, 2008: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

201 A, Midwest Airlines Center

8:00 AM

COS 25-1

Backwards design: A novel approach for restructuring introductory biology at Michigan State University
Tammy M. Long, Michigan State University; Diane Ebert-May, Michigan State University

8:20 AM

COS 25-2

Peer mentoring in a multi-semester introductory biology sequence: Improving student learning, study skills, and course-related confidence
Janet Batzli, University of Wisconsin, Madison

8:40 AM

COS 25-3

Is the current level of concern and knowledge of environmental sustainability (ES) a reflection of its marginalization from the school core curriculum and by the media?
Paul Ofei-Manu, Miyagi University of Education; Glynn Skerratt, Staffordshire University

9:00 AM

COS 25-4

Case studies in the classroom: Bridging research and education
Amy M. Villamagna, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Brian R. Murphy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

9:20 AM

COS 25-5

Surveying and analyzing the diversity of produce in urban marketplaces: A concrete route to teaching abstract concepts
Hilary S. Callahan, Barnard College, Columbia University

9:40 AM

COS 25-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 25-6

Interdisciplinary research and education: Connecting Native American middle school students to ecology using sensors
Christie A. Mahaffey, University of Maine; Sue Wentworth, Indian Island School; Joseph Arsenault, University of Maine; Constance Holden, University of Maine; Stephen Godsoe, Bangor High School; John Vetelino, University of Maine

10:10 AM

COS 25-7

Research and education partnerships as a catalyst for increasing diversity in the scientific sector
Shara Fisler, Aquatic Adventures Science Education Foundation; Drew M. Talley, University of San Diego

10:30 AM

COS 25-8

Rocking out with limestone glades: A comparison of field ecology and traditional class experiences on elementary student knowledge and attitude
Karen Metius-House, Middle Tennessee State University; Kim Cleary Sadler, Middle Tennessee State University

10:50 AM

COS 25-9

Evaluating science process skills in high school students: Establishing a baseline
Lori H. Spindler, University of Pennsylvania; Jennifer H. Doherty, University of Washington

11:10 AM

COS 25-10

Using GPS and mapping to teach STEM skills while empowering at-risk youth to effect change within their community: A case study of a high school community research project in Brooklyn, New York
Jennifer Mokos, Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment; Katherine Nutter-Upham, Brooklyn College

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