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Faculty Member

Dr. Doug Czajka

Email: Doug.Czajka@uvu.edu
Office: 009E
Phone: 801-863-8658
Mail Stop: 179

Biography

I am a geoscience education researcher, with a focus on improving process skills (e.g. teamwork, critical thinking, metacognition, etc.) among introductory geoscience students and assessing the link between observed instructional practices and student learning in geoscience classrooms. I'm a professionally licensed geologist, have professional experience as an engineering geologist, and am interested in geologic hazards such as landslides and earthquakes, especially as they relate to the built environment. My `research hobby' finds me occasionally hunting for dinosaur fossils, and I enjoy learning and teaching about dinosaurs and Mesozoic geology.

Education

Ph D, North Carolina State University, 2018

Major: Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

MS, North Carolina State University, 2014

Major: Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

BS, North Carolina State University, 2002

Major: Geology

Teaching

GEO 480R

Earth Science Seminar, Spring 2024

GEO 1010

Introduction to Geology PP, Spring 2024

GEO 1010

Introduction to Geology PP, Spring 2024

GEO 1040

The Dinosaurian World PP, Spring 2024

Presentations

Czajka, Doug , Teasdale, Rachel , Ryker, Katherine , Viskupic, Karen , Geologic Society of America Connects 2022, "Do course syllabi reflect observed teaching practices? Using regression analysis with k-fold cross validation to build a predictive model", Denver, CO. (October 11, 2022)

Czajka, Doug , Chapman, LeeAnna , Ryker, Katherine , Earth Educators Rendezvous, "Revising the Teacher Beliefs Interview for post-secondary instructors", National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Virtual. (July 16, 2021)

Czajka, Charles Doug, Great Basin Chapter Meeting, "How we perceive geologic time and rates_ Why it matters and how paleontology can help", Utah Friends of Paleontology, Salt Lake City, UT. (February 13, 2020)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Czajka, Doug , Reynders, Gil , Stanford, Courtney , Cole, Renee , Lantz, Juliette , Ruder, Suzanne , (2021) "A Novel Rubric Format for Providing Feedback on Process Skills to STEM Undergraduate Students" (Issue: 6, vol. 50). Journal of College Science Teaching.

Teasdale, Rachel , Ryker, Katherine , Viskupic, Karen , Czajka, Doug , Manduca, Cathy , (2020) "Transforming education with community-developed teaching materials_ evidence from direct observations of STEM college classrooms" (Issue: 1, vol. 7). International Journal of STEM Education.

Schweitzer, Mary Higby, Schroeter, Elena R, Czajka, Doug , (2020) "Dinosaurs: How we know what we know" . CRC Press.

Czajka, Doug , McConnell, David , (2019) "The adoption of student-centered teaching materials as a professional development experience for college faculty" (Issue: 5, vol. 41). International Journal of Science Education.

Czajka, Doug , McConnell, David , (2018) "An exploratory study examining undergraduate geology students’ conceptions related to geologic time and rates" (Issue: 3, vol. 66). Journal of Geoscience Education.

McConnell, David A, Chapman, LeeAnna , Czajka, Doug , Jones, Jason P, Ryker, Katherine D, Wiggen, Jennifer , (2017) "Instructional utility and learning efficacy of common active learning strategies" (Issue: 4, vol. 65). Journal of Geoscience Education.

Introduction to Geology PP, Spring 2020

GEO 1015

Introduction to Geology Laboratory, Fall 2019

GEO 1010

Introduction to Geology PP, Fall 2019

GEO 1010

Introduction to Geology PP, Fall 2019

Czajka, Doug , McConnell, David , (2016) "Situated instructional coaching_ a case study of faculty professional development" (Issue: 1, vol. 3). International Journal of STEM Education.

Grissom, April N, Czajka, Doug , McConnell, David A, (2015) "Revisions of physical geology laboratory courses to increase the level of inquiry_ Implications for teaching and learning" (Issue: 4, vol. 63). Journal of Geoscience Education.