VOLUME 6: 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. The class size and time requited designations are relative ones and indicate approximate categories.
Section and Ecological Question | Student-Active Approach | Cognitive Skill | Class Size/Time |
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1. What are the effects of herbivory on individual plant survival and growth? (Schutzenhofer and Knight 2007) |
Think-pair-share | Knowledge, Comprehension | Small-Short |
2. What are the effects of herbivory on population growth rate? And, which vital rates have the potential to cause the largest change in the population growth rate? (Schutzenhofer and Knight 2007) |
Think-pair-share | Knowledge, Comprehension Interpretation | Small/Moderate-Long |
3. Indirect effects of biological control of knapweed. (Pearson et al. 2000, Pearson and Callaway 2006) |
Jigsaw | Comprehension, Interpretation, Synthesis | Small-Medium/Moderate-Long |