Contributed Program: Oral, Poster, Teaching Demonstration, and Share-a-Thon Sessions

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The Contributed Program offers a venue to share your work and to discuss current research and teaching practices in the Earth Science education community. Abstracts will be compiled into sessions of similar themes and topics for sessions that encourage discussion among authors and participants.

• Please review the Presenter Guidelines in this page before submitting your abstract for an oral or poster session, or as a proposal for a Teaching Demo or Share-a-Thon.
• Space in sessions is limited, but we will do our best to give everyone their preferred presentation format. Session assignments will be in the final program, to be announced in April 2021. Presentations will not be able to be moved among sessions so please wait to schedule plans accordingly.
• Please see abstracts for Oral, Poster, Teaching Demos and Share-a-Thons in previous EER programs for examples.
• All presenters must be registered for at least one day of the Rendezvous. Please refer to the Rendezvous program to view the Contributed Program schedule. Note: you can be registered for ANY day of the Rendezvous to participate in the contributed program, you are not limited to only events taking place on the same day as your presentation.

Presentation Formats At a Glance

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Presentation Format	What does this look like?
Oral	A 15-minute presentation, including 3 minutes for questions.
Poster	Presenters upload a poster file to be viewed before and throughout the Rendezvous, with dedicated Poster Panel Discussion sessions.
Teaching Demo	A 15-minute teaching demonstration or presentation, including 3 minutes for questions.
Share-a-Thon	Presenters share a lightning talk about their activity followed by small group discussions.

Presenter Guidelines

Oral and Poster Submissions:

The 2021 EER Program Committee is accepting abstracts under two broad headings: Research and Teaching.

• Research presentations will include the analysis of data that supports research on a variety of geoscience education areas that may include teaching and learning in the classroom, teaching and learning process, assessment of programs or other research areas in teaching and learning in geosciences. Research presentations may be oral or poster format.
• Teaching presentations may also have some data to support them, but presentations will focus more on innovations in teaching, implementation and/or anecdotal data collection. Teaching presentations may be oral or poster format.

Research and teaching presentations will be sorted into the following themes for teachers/faculty or researchers:

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• Student Learning with New Curriculum and Technology: Applications of new classroom tech or assessment of new curriculum
• Student Learning (Cognitive Domain): Assessment of classroom or program interventions associated with the processes of student learning or learning progressions
• Broadening Participation: Results of programs addressing issues of diversity and inclusion and transfer from community colleges to four-year colleges
• Community Engagement: Community engagement presentations provide examples, strategies, or skills that strengthen educators' ability to connect between Earth education and community action (e.g. via service learning, undergraduate research, and citizen science).
• Place-based learning: Local projects, field work, examples, and data can motivate students learning by applying concepts to the world outside their window.
• Teacher Professional Development & the NGSS: Descriptions of programs for pre-service and in-service teacher training, K-12 teacher professional development programs, ways the NGSS are being implemented within a school, county or state
• Faculty and Graduate Student Professional Development: Evaluation and descriptions of program development, effectiveness of a training program
• Student Development: Assessment of research investigating self-regulation, student affect, research experiences, career preparation, workforce preparation

Oral sessions will be held on Zoom in sessions on similar topics and hosted by session chairs. Speakers will have 15 minutes for their talk, including three minutes for questions.

Poster Panel Discussions will be held on Zoom and hosted by session chairs. Sessions will include 4-6 posters on similar topics and will start with presentation of introductory lightning talks for each poster (1-2 min each), followed by panel discussions among authors and EER participants to address common themes. Zoom meetings will allow authors to move into Breakout Rooms for more specific discussions with EER participants. Asynchronous discussion will also be available before and during the EER.

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Teaching Demonstration Proposals:

Teaching Demonstrations guide participants through successful course activities that could result in "take-homes" for attendees to use in their own teaching. Presentations should be active, e.g., something that audience members participate in, or a video or presentation showing students performing the activity to provide participants with the "student experience" of the showcased activity. Speakers will have 15 minutes in a classroom-style presentation.

Teaching Demonstration proposals include four descriptive elements: A description of the activity & outcomes; How the activity is used and the target audience; Why the activity is effective/innovative or worthwhile; What will be demonstrated at the Rendezvous.

As with the oral and poster presentations, we encourage attendees to organize related presentations as a theme set (similar topic, same project or research group). We have suggested several theme sets below, but encourage participants to communicate with colleagues to submit activities that fit a theme of their choice.

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Activities and Assessments for Large Introductory Classes - Research in STEM disciplines has revealed a suite of empirically validated instructional practices that can contribute to improvements in student learning and a reduction in attrition. Often, such practices seem to be best suited for classrooms with small enrollment, but many instructors incorporate these "active learning" practices in large enrollment classrooms. Presentations will highlight classroom instructional practices, including assessment of student learning, that effectively engage large "lecture" classes.

Activities and Assessments for K12 Classes - Developing interest and excitement for Earth Science early is crucial in STEMming the workforce. Presentations will highlight classroom instructional practices, including assessment of student learning, that effectively engage K-12 students specifically, but may be transferable to other settings, including college-level coursework and outreach programs.

Activities that Promote Metacognition in the Classroom - Metacognition, thinking about one's own cognitive processes, is an important activity that helps students identify the extent of their content learning and helps them recognize study skills that lead to their success. Many teachers/faculty use metacognition in a variety of ways. Presentations will showcase activities and instructional practices that help students regulate their own learning, leading to greater self efficacy and success.

Using Apps in Geoscience Courses: Hands-on, real-world instruments for K12, 2YCs and beyond - Are phones and other devices that connect students to the world outside the classroom better off banished or embraced? By abandoning the seemingly losing battle of regulating the use of devices in class, innovative classroom activities ask students to use such devices and content-related apps to find information, collect data, interact with other learners, and more. Presentations will showcase positive activities that access information and encourage learning through the use of phones, tablets, clickers and more.

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Share-a-Thon Proposals:

Share-a-Thon sessions are an opportunity for authors to quickly share activities or educational apps with other Rendezvous attendees. The goal is for presenters to share their favorite activities or lessons with colleagues who will get an overview of activities and have time to ask questions in a more conversational format than other sessions. Share-a-Thon contributions will be compiled into one or more sessions on Monday and will include time for a 1-2-minute lightning presentation, followed by small-group discussion with Rendezvous participants.

Share-A-Thon proposals include four descriptive elements: A description of the activity & outcomes; How the activity is used and the target audience; Why the activity is effective/innovative or worthwhile; What will be demonstrated at the Rendezvous.

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The Share-a-thon proposal deadline has passed.