Meeting Abstract S4-1.2  Friday, Jan. 4  Update on the Effect of Engaging Prior Learning on Student Attitudes Toward Creationism and Evolution VERHEY, S. D.; Cascadia Carbon Institute verheys@hotmail.com Americans frequently report non-rationalist views about creationism and evolution, and decades of efforts to improve evolution education have led to little or no difference in the beliefs of survey […]

Meeting Abstract S4-1.4  Friday, Jan. 4  Tree Reasoning in Evolution Education DONOVAN, S.; University of Pittsburgh sdonovan@pitt.edu Despite the centrality of phylogenetic reasoning to modern biology very little is known about students’ use of trees as a coordinating framework for biological knowledge. Evolution education research has historically focused on natural selection misconceptions and has generally failed to […]

Meeting Abstract S4-1.3  Friday, Jan. 4  Thomism and Science Education: History Informs a Modern Debate KONDRICK, Linda C; Arkansas Tech University lkondrick@atu.edu There is no debate over the Theory of Evolution. Among the members of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), indeed among biologists, the Theory of Evolution is a settled principal. Yet, in the […]

Meeting Abstract S4-1.5  Friday, Jan. 4  Teaching Evolution in Higher Education ALTERS, Brian; McGill University brian.alters@mcgill.ca In the past 15 years, the academic community has increased considerably its activity concerning the teaching and learning of evolution. Despite such beneficial activity, the state of public understanding of evolution is considered woefully lacking by most researchers and educators. This […]

Meeting Abstract S4-1.1  Friday, Jan. 4  Teaching Evolution: Evolving Student Attitudes LOVELY, Eric C.; Arkansas Tech University elovely@atu.edu Teaching college students about the nature of science should not be a controversial exercise. College students are expected to understand the difference between science and pseudoscience. They are expected to accept astronomy as science, and astrology as mysticism. Likewise, […]

Meeting Abstract S4-1.7  Friday, Jan. 4  Teaching Evolution Effectively: A Central Dilemma and Alternative Strategies. NELSON, Craig E.; Indiana University nelson1@indiana.edu The most effective ways of teaching science utilize active comparisons by students of their initial understandings with more scientifically valid formulations. In many public school settings such comparisons are severely constrained legally and socially but no […]

Meeting Abstract S4-1.6  Friday, Jan. 4  Synergistic Evolutionary LEarning Consortium: evolution in acTION: A NESCent Working Group JUNGCK, John R*; WEISSTEIN, Anton; Beloit College/BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium; Truman State University/BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium jungck@beloit.edu The Synergistic Evolutionary LEarning Consortium: Evolution in AcTION, a �Working Group� of the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, is implementing applied evolutionary research in undergraduate biology […]

Meeting Abstract S4-1.5  Thursday, Jan. 5  Sipunculan Larvae and “Cosmopolitan” Species SCHULZE, A.*; MAIOROVA, A.; TIMM, L.E.; RICE, M.E.; Texas A and M University at Galveston; Institut of Marine Biology; Texas A and M University at Galveston; Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce schulzea@tamug.edu Sipuncula are a relatively small taxon with roughly 150 recognized species. Many species […]

Meeting Abstract S4-1.2  Thursday, Jan. 5  Physical constraints on larval swimming and their implications for dispersal CHAN, K.Y.K.*; CLAY, T. W.; GRÜNBAUM, D. ; Univ. of Washington, Seattle kychan@uw.edu Most planktonic larvae of marine invertebrates are denser than sea water and rely on swimming to locate food, navigate advective currents and avoid predators. Hence, larval swimming plays […]

Meeting Abstract S4-1.4  Thursday, Jan. 5  Larval life and dispersal potential of deep-sea animals from the Intra-American Seas YOUNG, C.M.*; HE, R.; EMLET, R.B.; LI, Y.; QIAN, H.; ARELLANO, S.M. ; VAN GAEST, A.L.; BENNETT, K.; SMART, T.I. ; WOLF, M.; RICE, M.E.; University of Oregon; North Carolina State University; University of Oregon; North Carolina State University; […]