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Laura Lukes
Center for Teaching & Faculty Excellence & Atmospheric, Oceanic, & Earth Sciences
George Mason University
Current role: Assistant Director of the Center for Teaching & Faculty Excellence (CTFE) at George Mason University; Affiliate Assistant Professor in Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences
Research Interests: Self-regulated learning; metacognition; motivation; emotion in learning; the student learning experience in introductory STEM courses; faculty adoption of active learning teaching practices; qualitative methods; learning spaces
Leadership roles: President of NAGT-Geoscience Education Research Division (2014-2015); Chair GSA Education Committee (2014-2015); Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at the National Science Foundation-Office of Polar Programs (2010-2011); Secretary of NAGT-SW
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Conference Presentation (1)
Utilizing the Paleobiology Database to Provide Hands-On Research Opportunities for Undergraduates part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2016:Program:Poster Sessions:Thursday
Numerous studies indicate that student participation in undergraduate research experiences can result in increased recruitment and retention of science majors. Many undergraduate students' only exposure to ...
Other Contributions (3)
Synthesizing Geoscience Education Research: Where are we? What is the path forward? part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Workshops:Geo Ed Research
This workshop will explore and evaluate the current status of Geoscience Education Research within the greater geoscience community. Participants will prioritize needs and directions for future Geoscience Education ...
Getting Started in SoTL part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2020:Program:Afternoon Workshops
What are the best parts of your course? How do you know? This session is for those who want to systematically investigate their teaching, applying the same scholarly habits we use in the lab and field to make our ...
Shaping the Future of Geoscience Education part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Plenary Sessions
We welcome all Rendezvous participants to this Town Hall. We'll start with an overview of just-in-time highlights from our workshop on Synthesizing Geoscience Education Research (GER), and then pose questions ...
Communities
Southwest Section, Geo2YC: The Two-Year College Division, Geoscience Education Research Division, Teacher Education Division
July 2017 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2015
July 2015 Teaching Geoscience Online
Geo2YC Community
ASCN Interest
Earth Educators' Rendezvous Interest Group
NAGT Webinar Series Interest
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