A Case Study: Using Authentic Scientific Data for Teaching and Learning of Ecology

Autor/in	Wyner, Yael
Titel	A Case Study: Using Authentic Scientific Data for Teaching and Learning of Ecology
Quelle	In: Journal of College Science Teaching, 42 (2013) 5, S.54-60 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-231X
Schlagwörter	Ecology; Masters Programs; Graduate Students; Scientific Research; Science and Society; Sustainability; Conservation (Environment); Service Learning; Elementary School Science; Secondary School Science; Student Attitudes; Science Teachers; Teacher Education Curriculum; Case Studies; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ökologie; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Nachhaltigkeit; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Service-Learning; Schülerverhalten; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	This article describes a culminating assignment for students enrolled in a human ecology course in a Masters in Science Education program. The goal of this assignment was for students to use published scientific data to link daily life, human impact, and sustainability to ecological function. This activity required students to consider the complicated task of making data accessible to younger learners while retaining data accuracy. This data-centric approach is broadly applicable to other science courses because the root requirement that students "show the data" reflects the heart of science. Requiring students to visit published scientific research and explain how the data are used to make conclusions is essential to their understanding of the scientific process and their learning how to evaluate the wealth of data and assertions that they encounter in their daily life. (Contains 1 table and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10