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Dr. Votaw Retired in 2003
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Education
Courses Taught
- G101 Introduction to Earth Science
- G107 Environmental Geology
- G209 History of the Earth
- G210 Introductory Oceanography
- G220/420 Regional Geology Field Trip
- G334 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
- G451 Principles of Hydrogeology
Research Interests
- Conodont biostratigraphy of the Middle and Upper Ordovician strata
of the eastern interior of North America;
- Analysis of the trophic structure of the benthic community of the
Spechts Ferry and Guttenberg formations, Middle Ordovician, Upper Mississippi
River Valley;
- Modern carbonate producing environments.
- I am also deeply interested in research concerning mature reasoning
and critical thinking as vital aspects of science teaching at the undergraduate
level; and the challenging problem of the conflict between the theory
of evolution and the status of creationism in science education.
- The challenge of teaching science in an urban, female dominated population
with several minority groups present.
- The significance of student personality types in learning style and
necessary adjustments in teaching style.
- Alternatives to the lecture format in teaching.
Recent Publication
- Votaw, Robert B. and others (eds.) (1998) Quick Hits: Successful Strategies
of Award Winning Teachers (2nd ed.): Indiana University Press, Bloomington,
IN, 144 p.
- Votaw, Robert B. (1997) Indiana UniversityÕs First Annual
Associate Faculty Conference: Goals, Design, Results and Improvements:
Contributed Papers of the 3rd Annual National Adjunct Faculty Guild
Conference on Adjunct Faculty, Washington, DC, 3 p.
- Votaw, Robert B. (1996) The Critical Reading Guide: Creating value
for your students in preparation for class: Contributed Papers of the
16th Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching, pp. 285-288; Miami
University, Oxford, Ohio.
- Votaw, Robert B. (1996) The Critical Reading Guide: Creating Value
for Your Students in Preparation for Class (abst); Geological Society
of America, Annual Meeting, Denver, vol. 28, no. 7, p. 164.
- Votaw, Robert B. (1996) A Teaching Enhancement Workshop for Adjunct
Faculty at Indiana University: College Administrator Quarterly, V. 1,
p. 1 & 11.
- Votaw, Robert B. (1995) ÒWe Have Met the Enemy and He Is UsÓ:
Teaching Science to the Urban University Female Dominated Population;
5th Gender Issues in Higher Education Conference, Univ. Vermont, Oct.
15-17.
- Votaw, Robert B. (1995) Knowledge of Personality Types in Teaching
toward Critical Thinking abstract and workshop; Univ. Wisconsin Teaching
Fellows Retreat, Madison , WI, Aug. 11-13
- Votaw, Robert B. (1989) Black Riveran (Ordovician) conodonts from
the Marmora area, Ontario lowlands, Canada. Geological Society of America
Abstr. with Prog., v. 21, p. 51.
- Votaw, Robert B. (1985) Conodont biostratigraphic correlations around
the Michigan Basin, p. 59-72. In Cercone, K. R. and J. M. Budai (eds.),
Ordovician and Silurian Rocks of the Michigan Basin and its Margins.
Michigan Basin Geological Society Special Paper No. 4, 196 p.
- Votaw, Robert B. and John Repetski (1982) Conodonts from the Stones
River Group (Middle Ordovician) of the central basin of Tennessee. Geological
Society of America Abstr. with Prog. 14:291.
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