TIEE : Volume 4, April 2006

• — Edited by C. D'Avanzo, B. W. Grant, C. W. Beck, and K. Winnett-Murray
• — S. Musante, Managing Editor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editors' Notes
           Overview of TIEE

ISSUES To Teach Ecology

Data Sets (students work with published data)


• Forest Ecosystem Responses to Chronic Nitrogen Additions
  Serita D. Frey (University of New Hampshire)

Figure Sets (published figures to use in lecture)


• Do Antbirds Help or Hinder Army Ants
  Mark Kuhlmann (Hartwick College)

EXPERIMENTS to Teach Ecology (inquiry-based labs)

Field Experiments:

• Herbivore Responses to Plant Vigor and Plant Responses to Herbivores
  Christopher F. Sacchi (Kutztown University)

Lab Experiments:

• Observing and Quantifying Predator-avoidance Behavior: Habitat Shifts in Snails Threatened by Shell-crushing Predators
  Timothy W. Stewart (Iowa State University)

Ecological Simulations and Games:

• Insect Predation Game: Evolving Prey Defenses and Predator Responses
  W. Wyatt Hoback and Tamara L. Smith (University of Nebraska at Kearney)
• Using Student Generated Qualitative Ecological Models
  J. Scott Blackwood (Invasive Plant Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS), Marion Dresner (Portland State University), and Hang-Kwang Luh (Oregon State University)

TEACHING (information about teaching and learning)

• Frequently Asked Questions and Answers About Student-active Teaching
• Tutorials on Student-active Teaching (short how-to's)
• Turn-to-your Neighbor
• Jigsaw
• Essays
• Student-active Teaching
• Evaluation of Course Reforms: A Primer
• Guided Class Discussion
• Help Your Students Understand and Interpret Figures and Tables
• Glossary (education terms)
• Links (www sites)
• Ecology 101
• Active Learning and Student Active Teaching
• Improving Lectures and Discussion
• Cooperative Groupwork
• Theories of Learning Styles
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Articles by Richard M. Felder (NC State University)
• Faculty Teaching Enhancement Programs
• Forest Simulation Program
• Email Discussion List
• TIEE Evaluation & Research
• Ecology Education Publications [PDF] (156 KB)