Journal of the Idaho Academy of Science articles from December 2008

Journal of the Idaho Academy of Science archives from December 2008

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...