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Member Since 1997
Heather L. Petcovic
Chairperson, Western Michigan University
Professional Experience
Western Michigan University
Chairperson
2020 - Present
Western Michigan University
Professor
2017 - 2021
Western Michigan University
Associate Dean
2017 - 2020
Western Michigan University
Associate Professor
2011 - 2017
Western Michigan University
Assistant Professor
2004 - 2011
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Education
Doctorate
2004
Oregon State University
Masters
2000
Smith College
Bachelors
1995
Oregon State University
Doctorate
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AGU Abstracts
USING THE “THINK ALOUD” METHOD TO ENQUIRE ABOUT HOW STUDENTS SOLVE PROBLEMS IN HYDROGEOLOGY
AGU 2024
education | 11 december 2024
Rosa Carolina Ayala Calvo, Heather L. Petcovic, Pe...
The think aloud has been used for decades as a method to elicit the thoughts, ideas, motives and hypothesis that people create in their minds when per...
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Lost in an Aquifer: Student Spatial and Conceptual Struggles in Hydrogeology
AGU 2024
education | 11 december 2024
Heather L. Petcovic, Peggy M. McNeal, Oluwarotimi ...
Training undergraduate students in hydrogeology is challenging as students grapple with complex content in a three-dimensional, unobservable, subsurfa...
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Scanning, Framing, and Slicing: Key Spatial Thinking Skills for Hydrogeology
EDUCATION RESEARCH IN THE EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS, METHODS, AND RESULTS I POSTER
education | 12 december 2022
Heather L. Petcovic, Peggy M. McNeal, Joel Moore, ...
Spatial thinking is important across multiple disciplines in the geosciences. To date, most research-based teaching interventions have been developed ...
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