Lisa M DeChano-Cook
Biographic Data
| ID | 9510649 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lisa M DeChano-Cook |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lisa M |
| FAMILY NAME | DeChano-Cook |
| SIGNATURE | DECHANO-COOK L M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Michigan University |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-3282-9410 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Tackling the Transfer Challenge
This article focuses on some challenges that impact community college students when transferring. Transferring can be daunting to students, and faculty need to be aware of the pitfalls and issues that may arise when a student transfers from a community college to a 4-year institution. While this piece focuses on how a faculty member from a 2-year and a 4-year institution have collaborated to alleviate some of the challenges faced by students tran…
Determining high school students’ functional environmental literacy and the effect of participatory action research on functional environmental literacy
Enhancing Middle School Learning about Geography and Topographic Maps Using Hands-on Play and Geospatial Technologies
The objective of this research was to determine if and to what extent students’ learning of geographic concepts can be improved through incorporation of hands-on play with Play-Doh® and LEGO® and geospatial technologies, specifically drones. The project team conducted six months of biweekly, collaborative instruction at Comstock Middle School in Michigan incorporating in-class activities such as drawing mental maps, creating contour lines of mode…
Challenges of teaching sports geography in higher education
Teaching sports geography in higher education on the surface seems like it would be a great course to draw students in, get them exposed to geographic concepts, tools, and techniques, and the perfect forum for using examples to which students can relate. However, there are few instances of a sports geography course being in a regular rotation of courses. A deeper look at why this is reveals some challenges both administratively and academically. …
Enhancing Middle School Learning about Geography and Topographic Maps Using Hands-on Play and Geospatial Technologies
The objective of this research was to determine if and to what extent students’ learning of geographic concepts can be improved through incorporation of hands-on play with Play-Doh® and LEGO® and geospatial technologies, specifically drones. The project team conducted six months of biweekly, collaborative instruction at Comstock Middle School in Michigan incorporating in-class activities such as drawing mental maps, creating contour lines of mode…
Challenges of teaching sports geography in higher education
Teaching sports geography in higher education on the surface seems like it would be a great course to draw students in, get them exposed to geographic concepts, tools, and techniques, and the perfect forum for using examples to which students can relate. However, there are few instances of a sports geography course being in a regular rotation of courses. A deeper look at why this is reveals some challenges both administratively and academically. …
Tackling the Transfer Challenge
This article focuses on some challenges that impact community college students when transferring. Transferring can be daunting to students, and faculty need to be aware of the pitfalls and issues that may arise when a student transfers from a community college to a 4-year institution. While this piece focuses on how a faculty member from a 2-year and a 4-year institution have collaborated to alleviate some of the challenges faced by students tran…
Determining high school students’ functional environmental literacy and the effect of participatory action research on functional environmental literacy
Geography (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Action research (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works)