Session: Education: Research And Assessment (97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012))

8:00 AM

COS 37-1

Evaluating interactive activities by measuring student learning gain
Malin J. Hansen, University of British Columbia

8:20 AM

COS 37-2

Quantitatively assessing the implementation of evidence-based, learner-centered teaching practice of FIRST IV postdoctoral scholars
Jessica Middlemis Maher, Michigan State University; Bryan Arnold, Murray State University; Terry L. Derting, Murray State University; Diane Ebert-May, Michigan State University

8:40 AM

COS 37-3

Educating undergraduate students to identify plagiarism in ecology
Emily A. Holt, Utah Valley University

9:00 AM

COS 37-4

Beyond Punnett squares: Gains and challenges for learning quantitative genetics in an inquiry-based introductory biology lab course
Janet M. Batzli, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amber R. Smith, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Seth A. McGee, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Paul H. Williams, University of Wisconsin - Madison

9:20 AM

COS 37-5

Altering college students’ misconceptions of evolution requires addressing views that evolution and religion are in conflict
Sarah R. Bray, Transylvania University; Gary L. Bailey, University of Nebraska

9:40 AM

COS 37-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 37-6

How much can students gain in data analysis and critical thinking skills in one semester?
Ana Luz Porzecanski, American Museum of Natural History; Adriana Bravo, American Museum of Natural History; Eleanor Sterling, American Museum of Natural History; Nora Bynum, American Museum of Natural History; Barbara J. Abraham, Hampton University; Romi L. Burks, Southwestern University; Michelle Cawthorn, Georgia Southern University; John A. Cigliano, Cedar Crest College; Liliana M. Dàvalos, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Denny S. Fernandez, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao; Laurie Freeman, Fulton Montgomery Community College; Martha J. Groom, University of Washington; Stuart R. Ketcham, University of the Virgin Islands; Tom A. Langen, Clarkson University; Joshua Linder, James Madison University; John Mull, Weber State University; Douglas Ruby, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Terry Theodose, University of Southern Maine; Donna W. Vogler, SUNY College at Oneonta

10:10 AM

COS 37-7

The importance of Bloom’s affective domain in undergraduate ecology course performance
John M. Landosky, Western Michigan University; Katrina L. Clark, Eastern Connecticut State University

10:30 AM

COS 37-8

BioHUB: An internet HUB for the Conceptual Assessment in Biology (CAB) community
Kathy Williams, San Diego State University; Kathleen M. Fisher, San Diego State University; Jennifer Evarts Lineback, San Diego State University

10:50 AM

COS 37-9

Evaluating reform outcomes: Is there evidence for efficacy?
Tammy Long, Michigan State University; Kristen M. Kostelnik, Michigan State University; Sara A. Wyse, Bethel University; Jennifer L. Momsen, North Dakota State University; Joseph Dauer, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Diane Ebert-May, Michigan State University

11:10 AM

COS 37-10

Studio soils: Student performance in a newly restructured introductory soil science course
Sarah E. Andrews, University of New Hampshire; Serita Frey, University of New Hampshire

COS 37 - Education: Research And Assessment