VOLUME 1: Table of Contents
TEACHING ISSUES AND EXPERIMENTS IN ECOLOGY
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 |
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 |