Acorn Caching in Tree Squirrels: Teaching Hypothesis Testing in the Park

Autor/inn/en	McEuen, Amy B.; Steele, Michael A.
Titel	Acorn Caching in Tree Squirrels: Teaching Hypothesis Testing in the Park
Quelle	In: American Biology Teacher, 74 (2012) 7, S.509-512 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-7685
DOI	10.1525/abt.2012.74.7.14
Schlagwörter	Hypothesis Testing; Ecology; Wildlife; College Science; Eating Habits; Animal Behavior; Biology; Secondary School Science; Prediction; Data Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Ökologie; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Tierverhalten; Biologie; Vorhersage; Auswertung
Abstract	We developed an exercise for a university-level ecology class that teaches hypothesis testing by examining acorn preferences and caching behavior of tree squirrels (Sciurus spp.). This exercise is easily modified to teach concepts of behavioral ecology for earlier grades, particularly high school, and provides students with a theoretical basis for examining commonly observed squirrel behavior. Students gain experience in testing hypotheses and revising predictions. They evaluate how well predictions of competing hypotheses are supported by statistically analyzing and interpreting class data using t-tests and chi-square tests. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10