95th ESA Annual Meeting (August 1 -- 6, 2010)

Wednesday, August 4, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

334, David L Lawrence Convention Center

Presider:

Janet M. Batzli, University of Wisconsin, Madison

1:30 PM

COS 65-1

Making the picture clear: Using multiple data sources to evaluate graduate teaching assistant professional development
Sara A. Wyse, Bethel University; Tammy M. Long, Michigan State University; Diane Ebert-May, Michigan State University

1:50 PM

COS 65-2

Improving 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 PM

COS 65-3

Design of a conceptual inventory in fundamental ecology
Malin J. Hansen, University of British Columbia

2:30 PM

COS 65-4

Lost in translation: Quantifying the overlap of popular media and non-majors science course assessment vocabulary
Jennifer L. Momsen, North Dakota 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 PM

COS 65-5

College students' misconceptions about population genetics
Joel K. Abraham, California State University, Fullerton; Jon Herron, University of Washington

3:10 PM

COS 65-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 65-6

Renovating a plant systematics course: A student-centered approach to teaching conceptual processes
F. Collin Hobbs, Indiana University; Daniel J. Johnson, Ohio State Univesity; Katherine D. Kearns, Indiana University

3:40 PM

COS 65-7

Raising the bar: Assessment as evidence of reform
Tammy M. Long, Michigan State University; Sara A. Wyse, Bethel University; Jennifer L. Momsen, North Dakota State University; Diane Ebert-May, Michigan State University; Elena Bray Speth, Saint Louis University

4:00 PM

COS 65-8

Multi-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 PM

COS 65-9

Pathways 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 Harris, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; 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 PM

COS 65-10

Renovating a plant systematics course: A peer-to-peer network approach to training new graduate teaching assistants
Daniel J. Johnson, Ohio State Univesity; F. Collin Hobbs, Indiana University; Katherine D. Kearns, Indiana University

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