COS 65 - Education: Research and Assessment

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
 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
2:10 PM
 Design of a conceptual inventory in fundamental ecology
Malin J. Hansen, University of British Columbia
2:30 PM
 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
 College students' misconceptions about population genetics
Joel K. Abraham, California State University, Fullerton; Jon Herron, University of Washington
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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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