Current Research
I am currently a part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant. The objective of our research is to create a Next Generation Concept Inventory (NGCI) assessment tool that includes concepts regarding the Food-Energy-Water Nexus.
Interests and Future Research
I am interested in research regarding how motivation, self-efficacy, alternative conceptions, and transformative experiences affect students learning of geoscience and other science concepts.
Going forward I want to use the NGCI to help me research the relationships between motivation, transformative experiences, and conceptual change.
Publications
Anderson, S. W., & Manzanares, A. D. (2018). Initial knowledge of college-level introductory geology students in the United States. Terrae Didat, 14, 326–329.
Lydia Horne, Amanda Manzanares, Nicholas Babin, Emily A. Royse, Lee Arakawa, Eunice Blavascunas, Lisa Doner, Daniel Druckenbrod, Ennea Fairchild, Meghann Jarchow, Barry R. Muchnick, Prajjwal Panday, Denielle Perry, Rebecca Thomas, Anne Toomey, Brian H. Tucker, Camille Washington-Ottombre, Shirley Vincent, Steven W. Anderson & Chelsie Romulo (2023): Alignment among environmental programs in higher education: What Food- Energy-Water Nexus concepts are covered in introductory courses?, Journal of Geoscience Education, DOI: 10.1080/10899995.2023.2187680
Amanda D. Manzanares, Steven W. Anderson & Kevin J. Pugh (2023): College students’ prior knowledge and alternative conceptions regarding minerals, Journal of Geoscience Education, DOI: 10.1080/10899995.2023.2205990
Horne, L., Manzanares A., Atalan-Helicke, N., Vincent S., Anderson, S. W., and Romulo, C. An exploratory study of drawings as a tool to evaluate student understanding of the Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexus. Higher Education Pedagogies (In Review).
Manzanares, A. D., Horne, L., Royse, E., Azzarello, C., Jarchow, M., Druckenbrod, D., Babin, N., Atalan-Helicke, N., Vincent, S., Anderson, S., & Romulo, C. In review. Undergraduate students’ knowledge about the relationships between climate change and the Food-Energy-Water Nexus. Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research (In Review).
Selected Presentation List
Rocky Mountain Geological Society of America 2023
Lead Presenter: Undergraduate students’ knowledge about the relationships between climate change and the Food-Energy-Water Nexus. Co-authors are Horne, L., Fairchild E., Royse, E., Anderson, S., Vincent, S., & Romulo, C.
Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences Student Symposium 2023
Lead presenter: Undergraduate students’ knowledge about the relationships between climate change and the Food-Energy-Water Nexus. Co-authors are Horne, L., Fairchild E., Royse, E., Anderson, S., Vincent, S., & Romulo, C.,
Geological Society of America 2022
Lead Presenter: What undergraduate students know about the relationship between climate change and the Food-Energy-Water Nexus. Co-authors are Horne, L., Fairchild E., Royse, E., Anderson, S., Vincent, S., & Romulo, C., doi: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-382434
Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Annual connection 2022
Lead Presenter: Cognitive and Affective Themes of the Novice Geologist Regarding Minerals. Co- Authors are Anderson, S., Jameson, M., Pugh, K., Romulo, C., & Hoyt, W.
Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Annual connection 2022
Lead Presenter with Sol Adams: Anderson, S., Vincent, S., & Romulo, C., Students with Low Self-Efficacy Can Respond More Thoroughly and Accurately About Complex Environmental Concepts when Prompted. Co- Authors are Anderson, S., Vincent, S., & Romulo, C.,
Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences 2021
Lead Presenter: Students’ prior knowledge and alternative conceptions regarding food, energy, and water. Co-authors are Lydia Horne, Shirley Vincent, Steven Anderson, and Chelsie Romulo https://youtu.be/VMj99c74jDQ
STEM FOR ALL 2021
Lead Presenter: Creating a tool to gauge students’ knowledge of FEW concepts. Co-authors are Lydia Horne, Shirley Vincent, Steven Anderson, and Chelsie Romulo https://stemforall2021.videohall.com/presentations/2134
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting and Exposition 2011
Poster Session Presenter: Replacement mechanisms in altered arc volcanic rocks: cathodoluminescence of the Inyo Mountains Volcanic Complex, eastern California. Co-authors are Angela L. Ekstrand, James R. Rougvie, Sorena S. Sorenson, and Timothy R. Rose (https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2011AM/finalprogram/abstract_195167.htm)
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