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Title:
Pathways to scientific teaching / edited by Diane Ebert-May, Janet Hodder.
Publisher:
Sinauer Associates,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
x, 212 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.
Subject:
Ecology--Study and teaching--United States.
Biology--Study and teaching--United States.
Science--Study and teaching--United States.
Science teachers--Training of--United States.
Other Authors:
Ebert-May, Diane, 1949-
Hodder, Janet, 1954-
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-[209]) and index.
Contents:
Analyzing results : the tip of the iceberg. Climate change : confronting student ideas -- The rising tide of ocean diseases : unsolved problems and research priorities -- Marine pathology : revealing the ocean's etiology to earthbound students -- Generality in ecology : testing North American grassland rules in South African savannas -- Practicing scientific inquiry : what are the rules? -- Divided culture : integrating agriculture and conservation biology -- Ecological controversy : analysis to synthesis -- The effects of atrazine and temperature on turtle hatchling size and sex ratios -- Determining confidence : sex and statistics -- A call to ecologists : measuring, analyzing, and managing ecosystem services -- Lyme disease : a case about ecosystem services -- Human-induced long-term changes in the lakes of the Jianghan Plain, Central Yangtze -- Collaborative learning -- A jigsaw -- Loss of foundation species : consequences for the structure and dynamics of forested ecosystems -- Problem solving : a foundation for modeling -- Novel weapons : invasive success and the evolution of increased competitive ability -- Novel assessments : detecting success in student learning -- Effects of deposited wood on biocomplexity of river corridors -- Learning through peer assessment -- Can crop transgenes be kept on a leash -- Unleashing problem solvers : from assessment to designing research -- Losing pieces of the puzzle : threats to marine, estuarine, and diadromous species -- Active homework -- preparation for active classes -- The ecological - societal underpinnings of Everglades restoration -- Unraveling complexity : building an understanding of Everglades restoration -- How many endangered species are there in the United States? -- Here today, not gone tomorrow? -- E-commerce and Caulerpa : unregulated dispersal of invasive species -- Bridging the pathway from instruction to research -- Will human-induced changes in seawater chemistry alter the distribution of deep-sea scleractinian corals? -- Coding to analyze students' critical thinking -- Environmental cleanup using plans : biotechnological advances and ecological considerations -- Designing research to investigate student learning -- Analyzing results : the tip of the iceberg.
ISBN:
0878932224 (alk. paper)
9780878932221 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)181368795
LCCN:
2007046165
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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