Teaching and Learning About Feedback Loops: Pre-Workshop Survey

The organizers of the Teaching & Learning about Feedback Loops workshop request the following information from you in advance of the workshop. Your responses will help us tailor the content and organization of the workshop.

Participant Information:Your Name:

Your Email:

Your institution type and role:
Select one:

K-12 instructor
Higher education instructor
Other

If other, please specify:

Survey Questions:1. Please tell us about your experience with feedback loops (check all that apply)

I originally learned about feedback loops in a course I took during my formal education
I originally learned about feedback loops outside of my formal education (from popular media, a journal article, a colleague, professional development workshop, etc.)
I can't remember where I originally learned about feedback loops.
I have taught about feedback loops a little bit.
I have taught about feedback loops a lot.
I have used feedback loops in my research.

2. What is the name of the course or courses in which you have taught—or hope to teach—about feedback loops?

3. There are varying definitions of "feedback loop." Without checking any reference materials, please write your idea of a definition of "feedback loop" in the box below. If you are brand new to this topic and not yet ready to answer this question, please just write "not ready for this question."

4. How important do you think feedback loops are in each of the following disciplines? (Please select for each discipline)

	Very unimportant	Somewhat unimportant	Somewhat important	Very important	I don't know
Atmospheric sciences
Biology (at the scale of organisms and smaller)
Chemistry
Ecology
Economics
Engineering
Climate Sciences
Ocean Sciences
Physics
Psychology
Sociology
Solid Earth Sciences

5. What do you hope to get out of the workshop?

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Earth Educators'
Rendezvous

Online, July 12-16, 2021

Teaching and Learning About Feedback Loops: Pre-Workshop Survey