Geo/Ocean Sciences Research
Erin Lane and Sara Harris (Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, UBC)
Journal of College Science Teaching,accepted Sept. 3, 2014, in press- Collaborative Testing: Evidence of Learning in a Controlled In-Class Study of Undergraduate Students
Brett Gilley (Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, UBC) and Bridgette Clarkston (Life Sciences, UBC)
Journal of College Science Teaching, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 83-91 (2014) - Measuring Student Knowledge of Landscapes and Their Formation Timespans
Alison Jolley, Francis Jones, Sara Harris (Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, UBC)
Journal of Geoscience Education, Vol. 61, pp. 240–251 (2013) - Benefits and Drawbacks of Using Multiple Instructors to Teach Single Courses
Francis Jones and Sara Harris (Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC)
College Teaching, 60: pp. 132–139, (2012) - SPESS: A New Instrument For Measuring Student Perceptions In Earth and Ocean Science
Alison Jolley, Erin Lane, Ben Kennedy, Tom-Pierre Frappé (Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC)
Journal of Geoscience Education, Vol. 60, pp. 83–91 (2012) - Successful Curriculum Development and Evaluation of Group Work in an Introductory Mineralogy Laboratory
Jacqueline Dohaney, Erik Brogt, and Ben Kennedy (Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC)
Journal of Geoscience Education, Vol. 60, pp. 21-33 (2012) - Industry Input Contributes to Geology Curriculum Review
Francis Jones (Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC)
Innovation, March/April 2012, pp. 16-17 - Improving Student Attitudes about Learning Science and Student Scientific Reasoning Skills
Douglas Duncan (Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, CU) and Leilani Arthurs (Geological Sciences, CU)
Astronomy Education Review, Vol. 11 (1), 010102 (2012)
Leilani Arthurs (Geological Sciences, CU)
GSA Special Papers, Vol. 474, pp. 135-152 (2011)
Leilani Arthurs and T. Marchitto (Geological Sciences, CU)
GSA Special Papers, Vol. 474, pp. 97-111 (2011)
Carrie Wong (Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC)
Undergraduate Thesis (2011)
Alison Jolley (Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC)
Undergraduate Thesis (2010)
Jamil Rhajiak (Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC)
Undergraduate Thesis (2009)- Coupled collaborative in-class activities and individual follow-up homework promote interactive engagement and improve student learning outcomes in a college-level Environmental Geology course
Leilani Arthurs and Alexis Templeton (Geological Sciences, CU)
Journal of Geoscience Education, Vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 356-371 (November 2009) - Expanding the Use of Classroom Response Systems (CRS): CRS Integration with In-Class Group Activities in Large Classrooms
Leilani Arthurs (Geological Sciences, CU)
Inaugural Conference on Classroom Response Systems: Innovations and Best Practices, Conference Proceedings (November 2008) - Comparing Student, Instructor and Observer Data to Assess a 7-Year Department-wide Education Initiative
Francis Jones, Sara Harris, & Brett Gilley (EOAS, UBC)
International Improving University Teaching conference, Vancouver BC (July 2014) - Videos for Supporting Faculty Adoption of Research Based Instructional Strategies in science courses
Francis Jones (EOAS, UBC) & Tom Scott (CTLT, UBC)
International Improving University Teaching conference, Vancouver BC (July 2014)
Francis Jones, Geidy Baldeon, & Erik Eberhardt (EOAS, UBC)
University of Calgary Conf. on Postsecondary Learning & Teaching (May 2014)- Measuring University students’ understanding of the greenhouse effect – a comparison of multiple-choice, short answer and concept sketch assessment tools with respect to students’ mental models
Anne Gold (CIRES, CU) & Sara Harris (EOAS, UBC)
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA (Dec 2013) - Student Mental Models of the Greenhouse Effect: Retention Months After Interventions
Sara Harris (EOAS, UBC) & Anne Gold (CIRES, CU)
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA (Dec 2013) - University students’ mental models of the greenhouse effect: A comparison of two learning activities in moving students toward expert thinking
Sara Harris (EOAS, UBC) & Anne Gold (CIRES, CU)
Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (Oct 2013) - Changing the Teaching Culture in a Large Research Oriented Department
Brett Gilley, Francis Jones, Sara Harris (Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, UBC)
Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (Oct 2013) - Fossils, Facies and Geologic Time; Active Learning Yields More Expert-Like Thinking in a Large Class for Senior Science Students
Stuart Sutherland & Francis Jones (Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, UBC)
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting, San Francisco, CA (December 2012) - “Invention” Activities in an Introductory Lab: Minerals, Rocks, Biodiversity, & Earthquakes
Sara Harris & Brett Gilley (Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC)
Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN (October 2011) - Measuring novices’ field mapping abilities using an in-class exercise based on expert task analysis
Joshua Caulkins (Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC)
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (December 2010) - Geologic Expertise and Field Mapping: Lessons From a 3rd Year Undergraduate Field School
Joshua Caulkins (Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC)
Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (November 2010)
Alison Jolley (Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC)
Western Inter-University Geosciences Conference (January 2010)- CU’s Dept of Geological Sciences – Science Education Initiative Project (GEOL-SEI): A five-year plan to introduce and support an evidence-based and scientific approach to teaching
Leilani Arthurs and David Budd (Geological Sciences, CU)
American Geophysical Union Annual Conference (December 2009) - A New Tool for Investigating Undergraduate Attitudes about Earth Science
Alison Jolley and Erin Lane (Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC)
Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (October 2009) - Development and Implementation of an In-Field Assessment Protocol for an Introductory Geologic Field Course
Mary Lou Bevier and Joshua Caulkins (Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC)
Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (October 2009) - Clickers: can a simple technology increase student engagement in the classroom?
Erin Lane (Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC)
International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE), Corfu, Greece (July 2009) - How "clicker" technology affects students' voting behavior and attitudes.
Andrea Bair (Geological Sciences, CU)
Science Education Initiative End of Year Event (2009) - Quantifying student behavioral engagement based on teaching practices in a large class- Awarded "Best Poster"
Erin Lane and Sara Harris (Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC)
Improving University Teaching (IUT) 34th International Conference, Vancouver, BC (July 2009) - Development of an Introductory Oceanography Concept Inventory Survey
Leilani Arthurs and Thomas Marchitto (Geological Sciences, CU)
American Geophysical Union Annual Conference (December 2008)
Sara Harris (Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC)
American Geophysical Union Conference (December 2008)
Francis Jones, Sara Harris, and Douw Steyn (Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC)
Workshop on the Role of Metacognition in Teaching Geoscience at Carleton College (November 2008)
Brett Gilley and Sara Harris (Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC)
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Houston (October 2008)