TEACHING ALL VOLUMES SUBMIT WORK SEARCH TIEE
VOLUME 1: Table of Contents TEACHING ISSUES AND EXPERIMENTS IN ECOLOGY
Issues : Figure Sets

FIGURE SETS


These are published figures from peer-reviewed research journals and monographs that engage students in data analysis and critical thinking organized by teaching approach, Bloom's Taxonomy cognitive skills, and class size. The student-active approaches listed here are suggestions and examples; modify them as appropriate for your teaching.

Figure Set and
Ecological Question

Student-Active Approach

Cognitive Skill

Class Size/Time

(1) Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis (Sousa 1979; Lubchenco 1978) pairs share comprehension
interpretation
application
analysis
small
medium/
intermediate
(2) Hubbard Brook Study (Bormann & Likens 1978) take home/group comprehension
interpretation
small
medium/
long
(3) Ecology of Fire (Bormann & Likens 1979; Minnich 1983) citizen's argument comprehension
interpretation
application
any/
intermediate
(4) Fir Waves: Regeneration in New England Conifer Forests (Sprugel 1976) turn to your neighbor comprehension
interpretation
any/
short
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