Lauren Burns

Exploring the Contributions of Course Materials to the Growth of Spatial Thinking Skills in Meteorology Majors part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2026:Program:Poster Session:Tuesday Poster Session
Spatial thinking skills are fundamental to the success of students in many geoscience disciplines, including meteorology, which inherently requires the application of spatial reasoning to accurately interpret, ...

Writing Better Multiple Choice Questions part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2023:Program:Afternoon Mini-Workshops
Whether because of class size, grading time, or other constraints, sometimes we need to include multiple choice questions in our summative assessments. However, it is often difficult and time-consuming to write ...

Designing Activities to Engage Students and Enhance Learning in Quantitatively Challenging Geoscience Content part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2026:Program:Morning Workshops:Designing Activities to Engage Students and Enhance Learning in Quantitatively Challenging Geoscience Content
Across the geosciences, math is used to represent physical processes within the Earth system. However, students routinely struggle to make connections between equations and real-world applications; this is often a ...

Designing Activities to Engage Students and Enhance Learning in Mathematically-Intensive Geoscience Courses part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2024:Program:Morning Workshops:Designing Activities to Engage Students and Enhance Learning in Mathematically-Intensive Geoscience Courses
Across the geosciences, math is used to represent physical processes within the Earth system. However, students routinely struggle to make connections between equations and real-world applications. In this ...