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 S3-2.1  Friday, Jan. 4  Optimal strategies for insects migrating in the flight boundary layer: mechanisms and consequences SRYGLEY, R.B.**; DUDLEY, R.; USDA-Agricultural Research Service; University of California, Berkeley robert.srygley@ars.usda.gov Directed aerial displacement requires that an organism�s airspeed exceeds ambient wind speed. For biologically relevant altitudes, wind speed increases exponentially with increased height above the ground. […]

Meeting Abstract S3-2.2  Friday, Jan. 4  Noctuid Migration in the Nocturnal Boundary Layer WESTBROOK, J. K.; U.S. Department of Agriculture, College Station, TX j-westbrook@tamu.edu Long-distance migration of adult corn earworm or cotton bollworm moths (Helicoverpa zea), and several other noctuid moth species, facilitates seasonal expansion of pest populations and consequent increased infestations of agricultural crops on a […]

Meeting Abstract S3-2.4  Friday, Jan. 4  High altitude feeding by Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis: Molossidae, Chiroptera) on migratory populations of insects MCCRACKEN, Gary/F*; WESTBROOK, John/K; LEE, Ya-Fu; GILLAM, Erin/H; JENSEN, Michael/L; BALSLEY, Ben/B; Univ. of Tennessee; USDA-ARS; Univ. of Tennessee; Univ. of Tennessee; Univ. of Colorado; Univ. of Colorado gmccrack@utk.edu Because the ultrasonic frequencies that bats […]

Meeting Abstract S3-2.3  Friday, Jan. 4  Beat by beat on the move: Wing beat and heart rate of New World thrushes during migration in the wild WIKELSKI, Martin; Princeton Univ. wikelski@princeton.edu Billions of songbirds around the world spend many nights on the wing during spring and fall en route to breeding or wintering sites. Largely due to […]