Session: Education: Research And Assessment (2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10))

PS 28-59

Building excellence in scientific teaching: The BEST approach for training teaching assistants to make their labs more active
Lorelei E Patrick, University of Minnesota; Hillary A. Barron, University of Minnesota; Julie C. Brown, University of Minnesota; Sehoya H. Cotner, University of Minnesota

PS 28-60

Evaluating the effectiveness of conservation education in zoos based on the amount of focus placed on local species
Mireille L. Bejjani, Stanford University; Rodolfo Dirzo, Stanford University

PS 28-61

Fishing for data literacy: Connecting students to their local environment by evaluating data on PCB contamination in Hudson River fish
Rhea M. M. Esposito, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Cornelia Harris, University of Albany, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Alan Berkowitz, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

PS 28-62

The state of agroecology research, education, and adoption: A survey of scientists
Tali Robbins, Union of Concerned Scientists; Andrea D. Basche, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, North Carolina State University; Marcia S. DeLonge, Union of Concerned Scientists

PS 28-63

Students of color identify ways environmental faculty can advance racial/ethnic diversity in undergraduate programs
Melissa Hernández, Loyola University Chicago; Bala Chaudhary, DePaul University; Malcolm Engel, DePaul University; Charles K. Espedido, Loyola University Chicago; Amelia Howerton, Loyola University Chicago; Jazlyn Marcos, DePaul University; Brittany K. Rivera, Loyola University Chicago; Tania Schusler, Loyola University Chicago

PS 28-64

Let’s talk about climate change refugia: A web-based platform for translating climate refugia science
Tatiana D. Eaves, U.S. Geological Survey; Toni Lyn Morelli, Northeast Climate Science Center; Aaron Ramirez, Reed College

PS 28-65

The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON): Assessing community needs to strategize engagement activities
Alycia Crall, Battelle; Wendy Gram, Battelle - NEON; Megan A. Jones, Battelle - NEON; Leslie Goldman, Battelle Ecology

PS 28-66

Computer-scorable constructed response assessments to monitor student principle-based reasoning in plant and animal physiology
Jennifer Doherty, University of Washington; Lauren Jescovitch, Michigan State University; Emily E. Scott, University of Washington; Jack A. Cerchiara, University of Washington; Jenny McFarland, Edmonds Community College; Joyce M. Parker, Michigan State University; Mary Pat Wenderoth, University of Washington; John Merrill, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Kevin C. Haudek, Michigan State University

Cancelled

PS 28-67

Effectiveness of short-term training on incorporation of reproducible research methods into daily research workflow (widthdrawn)
Megan Jones, National Ecological Observatory Network – Battelle, NA; Alycia Crall, Battelle; Wendy Gram, Battelle - NEON

PS 28-68

Planting an outreach TREE: Exposing diverse students to ecological research with reptiles
Jeramie T. Strickland, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; Daniela Flores, Iowa State University; Brooke L. Bodensteiner, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Fredric J. Janzen, Iowa State University

PS 28-69

Making ecology more reproducible: Case studies and lessons from across the data-intensive sciences
Justin Kitzes, University of Pittsburgh; Daniel Turek, Williams College; Fatma Deniz, University of California Berkeley

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