Journal of the Idaho Academy of Science articles

Recent articles from Journal of the Idaho Academy of Science

Student transfer of general education English skills to a social work diversity course: is it happening?
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT Undergraduate social work students (N = 21) at a mid-sized western U.S. teaching institution apparently did not significantly transfer skills learned in general English composition courses to writing assignments required in a social work writing-intensive, general education...

Interactions between butterflies (Lepidoptera: rhopalocera) and plants (spermatophyta: magnoliophyta) in south central Idaho.
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT A summary of a photographic catalog of interactions between butterflies and plants observed in Cassia, Gooding, Minidoka, Oneida, and Twin Falls Counties of South Central Idaho is presented. Butterfly-plant interactions were photographed during butterfly counts, surveys, and...

Proceedings of the 50th annual meeting of the Idaho Academy of Science.(Conference news)
December 1, 2008... MARCH 27-29, 2008 NAMPA, IDAHO The following proceedings articles are the peer-reviewed full versions of the papers originally presented at the conference. Below is a list of the qualified papers listed alphabetically by the name of the lead authors. Each title is linked to a...

2008 Distinguished Science Communicator.
December 1, 2008... DR. ROD R. SEELEY [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dr. Seeley's efforts toward encouraging students to think critically by using information to solve problems earned him the Idaho Academy of Science Distinguished Science Communicator Award. Rod was born in Rupert, Idaho. His father farmed...

2008 Distinguished Scientist/Engineer.
December 1, 2008... DR. ERIC YENSEN [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For an accomplished career studying the taxonomy, distribution, population ecology, demography, and conservation of ground squirrels and for research on other North and South American mammals, the Idaho Academy of Science awarded Dr. Eric Yensen...