Wednesday, August 4, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
334, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 65 - Education: Research and Assessment
1:30 PMCOS 65-1Making the picture clear: Using multiple data sources to evaluate graduate teaching assistant professional development
Sara A. Wyse, Michigan State University, Tammy M. Long, Michigan State University, Diane Ebert-May, Michigan State University
1:50 PMCOS 65-2Improving the quality of undergraduate theses by teaching the conventions of scientific writing and professional peer review
Julie A. Reynolds, Duke University, Robert Thompson Jr., Duke University
2:10 PMCOS 65-3Design of a conceptual inventory in fundamental ecology
Malin J. Hansen, University of British Columbia
2:30 PMCOS 65-4Lost in translation: Quantifying the overlap of popular media and non-majors science course assessment vocabulary
Jennifer L. Momsen, Michigan State University, Scott Clark, Michigan State University, Kevin Haudek, Michigan State University, Emily Geraghty Ward, Michigan State University, Jonathon W. Schramm, Michigan State University, Jennifer H. Doherty, Michigan State University, Claudia Vergara, Michigan State University
2:50 PMCOS 65-5College students' misconceptions about population genetics
Joel K. Abraham, SimBiotic Software, Jon Herron, University of Washington
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 65-6Renovating a plant systematics course: A student-centered approach to teaching conceptual processes
F. Collin Hobbs, Indiana University, Daniel J. Johnson, Indiana University, Katherine D. Kearns, Indiana University
3:40 PMCOS 65-7Raising the bar: Assessment as evidence of reform
Tammy M. Long, Michigan State University, Sara A. Wyse, Michigan State University, Jennifer L. Momsen, Michigan State University, Diane Ebert-May, Michigan State University, Elena Bray Speth, Saint Louis University
4:00 PMCOS 65-8Multi-semester curriculum assessment of genetics education
Janet M. Batzli, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Michelle Harris, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Katie A. Clark, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Xinxin Yu, University of Wisconsin, Madison
4:20 PMCOS 65-9Pathways to environmental literacy: Developing a biodiversity learning progression
Laurel M. Hartley, University of Colorado Denver, Jennifer H. Doherty, Michigan State University, Charles W. Anderson, Michigan State University, Mitch Burke, Colorado State University, Yeni Garcia, University of Northern Colorado, Cornelia B. Harris, SUNY Albany, Marjorie MacGregor, University of Wyoming, Shawna McMahon, Colorado State University, John C. Moore, Colorado State University, Scott Simon, Univ. Calif. Santa Barbara, Brook Wilke, Michigan State University
4:40 PMCOS 65-10Renovating a plant systematics course: A peer-to-peer network approach to training new graduate teaching assistants
Daniel J. Johnson, Indiana University, F. Collin Hobbs, Indiana University, Katherine D. Kearns, Indiana University

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