COS 256 - Education: Research And Assessment

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM EDT

  From Survey to Impact: Using Community Based Participatory Research to prioritize and center the needs of historically marginalized scientists
  

  Presenting Author: Meghna N. Marjadi – Graduate Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  Coauthor: Asha Ajmani – Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  Coauthor: Rebecca Smith – University of Victoria

  Coauthor: Tyler Bechtel – Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  Coauthor: Toni Lyn Morelli – U.S. Geological Survey Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center

  Coauthor: Bianca E. Lopez – Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst,

  Coauthor: Bethany Bradley – University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

  A pilot instrument reveals student misconceptions of the scale of climate change
  

  Coauthor: Ryan Dunk – University of Northern Colorado

  Coauthor: Krystal Hinerman – Lamar University

  Presenting Author: Emily A. Holt, PhD – University of Northern Colorado
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EDT

  Coordinated distributed experiments in higher education: There is a low barrier to entry and there's potential for student projects
  

  Presenting Author: Michele J. Koomen, Ph.D – Gustavus Adolphus College

  Coauthor: Jake Ross, Student – Gustavus Adolphus College

  Coauthor: Emelia Hinrichs, Student – University of Minnesota

  Coauthor: Ellen Hofstede, Undergraduate – Gustavus Adolphus college

  Coauthor: Jolie Grimes, Student – Gustavus Adolphus College

  Coauthor: Emily Mohl, Ph.D – St Olaf College
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EDT

  Providing place-based science education and communication tools to outdoor recreation guides can increase guide’s perceived ability to communicate science to clients
  

  Presenting Author: Kristina E. Young – Utah State University

  Coauthor: Mila Dunbar-Irwin – Science Moab Engagement Initiative

  Coauthor: Lindsay Trudeau – Science Moab Engagement Initiative

  Coauthor: Samara Rosen – Science Moab Engagement Initiative
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EDT

  Impacts of an interrupted case study focused on urban prairie restoration on student knowledge and perspective of rangeland ecosystems
  

  Presenting Author: Amy L. Concilio, Ph.D. – Environmental Science & Policy, St. Edward's University

  Coauthor: Maria Macik, Ph.D. – Department of Ecology & Conservation Biology, Texas A & M University

  Coauthor: X. Ben Wu, Ph.D. – Texas A&M University
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

  Can my students make a graph? Using evidence-based design to build an auto-scored performance-based assessment of graph construction
  

  Presenting Author: Eli Meir, Ph.D. – SimBiotic Software

  Coauthor: Stephanie M. Gardner, Ph.D. – Purdue University

  Coauthor: Joel K. Abraham, Ph.D. – California State University, Fullerton

  Coauthor: Eli Meir, Ph.D. – SimBiotic Software

  Coauthor: Elizabeth Suazo-Flores, Ph.D. – Purdue University

  Coauthor: Anupriya Karippadath – Purdue University