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W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory, Visitor Engagement Study, Summary Of Findings,, Amy E. Ryken
W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory, Visitor Engagement Study, Summary Of Findings,, Amy E. Ryken
All Faculty Scholarship
Summary of findings: Study of visitor engagement and learning at the W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory in Tacoma, Washington. Findings include: analysis of visitor responses to a survey and analysis of observations of visitor engagement. Written for Metro Parks, Tacoma, Washington.
Blessed Unrest: The Power Of Unreasonable People To Change The World, Stephanie Pace Marshall
Blessed Unrest: The Power Of Unreasonable People To Change The World, Stephanie Pace Marshall
Publications & Research
In her keynote address at the 2008 NCSSSMST Professional Conference, Dr. Stephanie Pace Marshall addresses what work can be done with the collective resources of its Consortium members which beg to be shared and connected--and also explores what the source of "...our Blessed Unrest that will give us the courage to become unreasonable advocates for our children and for STEM transformation?"
Measuring Knowledge Of Natural Selection: A Comparison Of The C.I.N.S., An Open-Response Instrument, And An Oral Interview, Ross Nehm, Irvin Sam Schonfeld
Measuring Knowledge Of Natural Selection: A Comparison Of The C.I.N.S., An Open-Response Instrument, And An Oral Interview, Ross Nehm, Irvin Sam Schonfeld
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Growing recognition of the central importance of fostering an in-depth understanding of natural selection has, surprisingly, failed to stimulate work on the development and rigorous evaluation of instruments that measure knowledge of it. We used three different methodological tools, the Conceptual Inventory of Natural Selection (CINS), a modified version of Bishop and Anderson's (Bishop and Anderson [1990] Journal of Research in Science Teaching 27: 415-427) open-response test that we call the Open Response Instrument (ORI), and an oral interview derived from both instruments, to measure biology majors' understanding of and alternative conceptions about natural selection. We explored how these instruments …
Ua96/4 Southern Normal School Departmental Records, Wku Archives
Ua96/4 Southern Normal School Departmental Records, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about individual departments of the Southern Normal School. The series contains brief information regarding athletics, business courses and music.