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This is a new book, and  an wonderful addition to any professional in the field of geology and geoscience education, you can buy it through Amazon.com and the cost is $27.00 it is amazing I highly recommend it, thanks Tibi Marin  ND -
Our Changing Planet: The View from Space
Our Changing Planet: The View from Space 


 
 
Tibi Marin
 

"Today the human race is a single twig on the tree of life, a single species on a single planet. Our condition can thus only be described as extremely fragile, endangered by forces of nature currently beyond our control, our own mistakes, and other branches of the wildly blossoming tree itself. Looked at this way, we can then pose the question of the future of humanity on Earth, in the solar system, and in the galaxy from the standpoint of both evolutionary biology and human nature. The conclusion is straightforward: Our choice is to grow, branch, spread and develop, or stagnate and die."
Robert Zubrin, Entering Space, 1999



----- Original Message ----
From: Dr. Anthony Feig <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2008 1:58:33 PM
Subject: Yet another GSA 2008 topical session

Dear Friends,

Please consider a submission to Topical Session 191, titled "Quantitative and Qualitative Methods and Results in Geoscience Education." This session may be of particular interest to those workers who want to discuss theory, or who are hardcore number-crunchers, and/or those who are looking to share qualitative methods and results. The GSA description and rationale follow. Thank you!

Description:
Emphasis on pure research or research methodology, and not classroom strategies or teaching tips. Results of qualitative analysis (phenomenologic, ethnographic, etc.) or numerical analysis (ANOVA, nonparametrics, etc.) of actual data; methodology in educational research.

Rationale:
Many discussions of geoscience education research are focused on classroom strategies or teaching tips, in a "what we tried and how students liked it," kind of discussion. While it is important to be able to share our teaching strategies, such discussions in and of themselves often don’t represent pure research. There is often no “deliverable” or “consumable” for other scientists beyond a generic potential to improve one’s teaching. This session aims to provide an opportunity for discussion of research methods and/or actual data analysis, either qualitative or quantitative. Examples of methodological discussions may include (but not be limited to): applications of parametric and nonparametric statistics; generating qualitative data and identifying themes therein; and processing of either qualitative or quantitative data. Examples of analysis and results may include (but not be limited to): analysis of variance, comparison of means or clustering of quantitative data; emergent themes, textual analysis, phenomenology or theoretical frameworks yielded from structured or unstructured interviews and/or focus groups, or some other form of qualitative data.

Dr. Anthony D. Feig
Assistant Professor 
Department of Geosciences
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Monroe LA 71209
318.342.1894







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