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Young, Rebecca A.; Turk, Judith K.; Jelinski, Nicolas A.; Anderson, Amber D.; Clark, Kerry M.; Dere, Ashlee; Moorberg, Colby J.; Osterloh, Kristopher; Presley, DeAnn – Natural Sciences Education, 2023
Student-student interactions are influential parts of field experiences. While competitive judging events are a fun way to engage students in field-based learning, the focus on competition leads to an atmosphere that discourages collaboration between students. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cognitive and affective learning…
Descriptors: Soil Science, Competition, Evaluation, Intercollegiate Cooperation
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Moorberg, Colby J. – Natural Sciences Education, 2020
The rising cost of textbooks is a barrier to higher education for many students. Open textbooks are one potential solution, though few open textbooks exist for agriculture and natural science disciplines. Here, I present a case study examining my selection of assigned reading material for a college course on soil and water conservation. Potential…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Annotated Bibliographies, Soil Science, Conservation (Environment)
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Moorberg, Colby J.; Howe, Sarah; Donnelly, Kevin J.; Min, Doohong – Natural Sciences Education, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic required changes in college course delivery, which may influence student perceptions of their education. We examined those perceptions among Students of Agronomy, Soil, and Environmental Sciences (SASES). The goals were to determine how changes in education during the COVID-19 pandemic (a) changed student perceptions of…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Student Attitudes
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Jelinski, Nicolas A.; Moorberg, Colby J.; Ransom, Michel D.; Bell, James C. – Natural Sciences Education, 2019
A survey of introductory soil science or equivalent (ISS[subscript e]) instructors and courses at 79 institutions differing in land-grant status (38 land-grant, 41 non-land-grant) and Carnegie category (48 doctoral, 16 masters, 10 baccalaureate, 2 associate, 3 respondents did not identify by Carnegie classification) was conducted to collect…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Soil Science, Land Grant Universities, Scientific Concepts