Session: Education: Research and Assessment (95th ESA Annual Meeting (August 1 -- 6, 2010))

PS 3-18

Assessing the usefulness of data acquired during the National Coordinated BioBlitz Project: An exploration of robust citizen science
Zachary T. Brym, Utah State University; Maria M. Brym, University of Michigan

PS 3-19

Faculty use of Diagnostic Question Clusters (DQCs) and active teaching in ecology and biology courses
Charlene D'Avanzo, Hampshire College; Charles W. Anderson, Michigan State University; Brook Wilke, Michigan State University; Kathy Williams, San Diego State University; Nancy Stamp, Binghamton University - SUNY; John Merrill, Michigan State University; Alan B. Griffith, University of Mary Washington; Laurel Hartley, University of Colorado Denver; Nancy J. Pelaez, Purdue University

PS 3-20

FIRST IV: Assessing professional development of postdoctoral scholars
Diane Ebert-May, Michigan State University; Jennifer L. Momsen, North Dakota State University; Terry L. Derting, Murray State University; Timothy Henkel, Murray State University

PS 3-21

Ecology of environmental education: Feedbacks, education, and resilience
Keith G. Tidball, Cornell University; Marianne E. Krasny, Cornell University

PS 3-22

Learning by teaching: Using DQC's and K-12 outreach to address common misconceptions about carbon cycling and climate change
Patrick W. Crumrine, Rowan University; Sharon D. Blong, Rowan University

PS 3-23

Engaging undergraduate students in ecological investigations using data: Effects of Arctic sea ice melting on polar bears and their ecosystems
Bruce Grant, Widener University; Bruce Grant, Widener University; Bruce Grant, Widener University; Bruce W. Grant, Widener University

PS 3-24

Dioramas in the classroom: Biodiversity outreach
Sarah Hamilton, Northern Kentucky University; Bethany V. Bowling, Northern Kentucky University; Richard D. Durtsche, Northern Kentucky University

PS 3-25

Interdisciplinary research on climate change: Trends in doctoral dissertation topics during the past 30 years
Jennifer R. Marlon, University of Oregon; C. Susan Weiler, Whitman College; Ronald Mitchell, University of Oregon

PS 3-26

Diagnostic question clusters (DQC's) improve teaching about decomposition and transformations of nutrients and energy
Chris Picone, Fitchburg State College

PS 3-27

Ecotourism with a hand-lens: Integrating ecological research, education, and conservation through scientific tourism in the Magellanic sub-Antarctic ecoregion
Kelli P. Moses, University of North Texas; Lily R. Lewis, University of Connecticut; Manuela Mendez, University of Concepción, Chile; Macy A. Kozar, Swarthmore College; Yanet Medina, Universidad de Magallanes Programa de Conservación Biocultural Subantártica - Parque Etnobotánico Omora; Tamara A. Contador, University of North Texas, Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program, Omora Ethnobotanical Park, Chile; Francisca Massardo, Universidad de Magallanes (UMAG); Bernard Goffinet, University of Connecticut; James H. Kennedy, University of North Texas (UNT); Leopoldo Sancho, Dept. Biología Vegetal II, Fac. Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain.; Javier Etayo, Navarro Villoslada; Antonio Gomez Bolea, Universitat de Barcelona; Paola Vezzani, Universidad de Magallanes; Shaun Russell, CAZS Natural Resources, University of Wales; Ricardo Rozzi, University of North Texas (UNT)

PS 3 - Education: Research and Assessment