Research
My current research interests lie in the following areas:
- Misconceptions in Earth Science
- Studying the effects of the teacher professional development on
student achievement in Science
PUBLICATIONS |
Dahl, J., Anderson, S.W., and Libarkin, J., 2005; Digging into earth science: alternative conceptions held by K-12 teachers; Journal of Science Education, v. 6, n. 2, p. 65-68. Click here for a PDF version (Adobe Acrobat) of this paper. Libarkin, J.C., Anderson, S.W., *Dahl, J., Beilfuss, M. and Boone,W., 2005. Qualitative analysis of college students’ ideas about the earth: Interviews and open-ended questionnaires; Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 53, n.1, p. 17-26. Click here for a PDF version (Adobe Acrobat) of this paper.
-- For more information about the Geoscience Concept Inventory visit: https://www.msu.edu/~libarkin/gci.html
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ABSTRACTS |
Dahl, J., Anderson, S.W., and Libarkin, J., 2003. Digging into earth science: Teachers’ alternative conceptions in the geosciences: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 84, Abstract ED31B-1166. Libarkin, J.C. and *Dahl, J. A new “concept” in geosciences assessment; GSA, Geoscience Education Division Newsletter, Winter 2003. Anderson, S.W., Libarkin, J.C., Beilfuss, M., *Dahl, J., and Boone, W.J., 2002. Analysis of college students’ ideas about geologic time: Questionnaires and interviews from four institutions; EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v.83, p. S115. Libarkin, J.C., Anderson, S.W., Boone, W.J., Beilfuss, M., and *Dahl, J., 2002, The Geoscience Concept Test: A new assessment tool based on student misconceptions; EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v 83, Abstract ED11B-0047. Dahl, J., 2002. Studying the effects of the NSF-LSC project on student outcomes; Black Hills State University Research Symposium, March 27, 2002. |