2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
6/08/2017 | 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM | FRESHWATER FOUNDATIONS: INTEGRATING RESEARCH INTO THE UNDERGRADUATE CLASSROOM AT A PUBLIC TEACHING INSTITUTION IN SOUTH DAKOTA | 301A
FRESHWATER FOUNDATIONS: INTEGRATING RESEARCH INTO THE UNDERGRADUATE CLASSROOM AT A PUBLIC TEACHING INSTITUTION IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Our freshwater future is challenged by issues including climate change, invasive species, habitat modification, among others. Considering these threats, it is imperative to educate the next generation of freshwater scientists in their role in reversing these threats and to provide them with tools needed to be successful researchers. Integrating meaningful research experiences within the undergraduate classroom is a powerful way to help students become comfortable with scientific research and can simultaneously inform them of the challenges facing freshwater ecosystems. This involves minimizing “cookie-cutter” labs and memorization of facts and maximizing open-ended, inquiry-based activities that foster engagement, critical-thinking, and understanding key concepts. With regards to freshwater science, this involves getting students excited about field and lab work by bringing them into aquatic habitats to become familiar with sample sites, formulating relevant questions, collecting samples, and later returning to the lab to analyze, interpret, and present results – thus, seeing a project through from inception to completion. While these activities can be demanding on instructors, strong students may be enticed to seek out longer-term research opportunities with faculty, forming mutually beneficial research relationships.
- C23 Education
- C21 Communicating Science
- S11 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Freshwater Science
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Alyssa Anderson
(), Southwest Minnesota State University, alyssa.anderson@smsu.edu;
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