Omowumi Alabi

Omowumi Alabi is a faculty member at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, specializing in environmental science education. She has taught introductory environmental science laboratory courses for ten consecutive semesters, focusing on addressing student misconceptions related to global climate change, ozone depletion, and ozone pollution. Her work emphasizes metacognition as a tool to facilitate conceptual change learning, helping students confront and revise pre-existing naive beliefs about environmental phenomena.

Her research interests include

• Identifying and resolving student misconceptions in environmental science
• Integrating metacognitive strategies into science pedagogy
• Promoting pro-environment attitudes through curriculum design

The 2008 workshop contribution highlights her analysis of conceptual change learning trends, particularly in understanding atmospheric environmental chemistry and climate issues. She has not been explicitly associated with any scientific awards or direct student advising roles in the provided materials.