Session: Education: Undergraduate (93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008))

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Assessing the effectiveness of podcasts for teaching global climate change in the college classroom
Christine Vatovec, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Teri C. Balser, University of Florida-Gainesville

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Investigating course-assessment tools
Brack W. Hale, Franklin College Switzerland

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Experiencing biomes at a zoo: A non-traditional approach to teaching an ecological concept for a non-majors course at a liberal arts college
Chintamani S. Manish, Midland Lutheran College

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Linking environmental biology to local communities: Active learning with UMEB scholars
Charles H. Nilon, University of Missouri; Candace Galen, University of Missouri-Columbia

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The explosive nature of SEEDS campus ecology chapters
Erin Vinson, Ecological Society of America; Melissa Armstrong, ESA

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Cross-disciplinary study of plant-microbe interactions in the undergraduate curriculum: Class-based research on soybean and the bacterial mutualist, Rhizobium
Christopher F. Sacchi, Kutztown University of PA; Anne E. Zayaitz, Kutztown University of PA

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Ecotrail design: Integrating ecology and sustainable design education in a hands-on interdisciplinary course
Brenda L. Young, Daemen College; Kevin J. Kegler, Daemen College

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Ecology’s role in solving environmental problems: A module-based environmental science course for non-majors
Geoffrey R. Smith, Denison University

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A reform of teaching assistant professional development based on scientific teaching
Sara A. Wyse, Bethel University; Diane Ebert-May, Michigan State University

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Find resources to teach undergraduate ecology using EcoEd Digital Library
Jennifer Riem, Ecological Society of America; Kenneth M. Klemow, Wilkes University

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Teaching ecology through original student research
Joseph L. Fail Jr., Johnson C. Smith University; Demetrius Hawkins, Johnson C. Smith University; Douglas Lawrence, Johnson C. Smith University

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Does level in school and major-discipline impact student attitude and awareness of environmental issues in a large undergraduate introductory environmental studies class?
Teri C. Balser, University of Florida-Gainesville; Stephanie Gray, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Christine Vatovec, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Using plots and copy-paste for rapid introduction to statistics in ecology
Didrik Vanhoenacker, Stockholm University

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Increasing the appeal of laboratory and field exercises by using a real-world environmental issue as the context
Jeremy M. Wojdak, Radford University

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The Sustainable Agriculture Scholars Program: Enhancing students’ summer agroecological laboratory employment through structured experiential learning and reflection
Julie M. Grossman, Cornell University; Meagan E. Schipanski, The Pennsylvania State University; Maya R. Patel, Cornell University; Laurie E. Drinkwater, Cornell University

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Team learning and case study teaching techniques increase student learning during a summer session biology course
David J. Grisé, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Amphipods as a model system: Class research projects promote future independent investigations
Susan E. Lewis, Carroll College; Jason Freund, Carroll College

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Evaluating learning gains from using biodiversity conservation teaching modules in undergraduate courses at five institutions
Stuart R. Ketcham, University of the Virgin Islands; Barbara J. Abraham, Hampton University; Nora Bynum, American Museum of Natural History; John A. Cigliano, Cedar Crest College; Christine A. Engels, American Museum of Natural History; Margaret-Ann Mayer, Dine College; Emily H. Mooney, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; Eleanor Sterling, American Museum of Natural History

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Teaching ecology through inquiry in a large, non-science major laboratory course: Challenges and joys
Heather Vance-Chalcraft, East Carolina University

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Student evaluation of the role of the environment in determining aquatic community composition: A bioassay approach utilizing microbial functional diversity
Erica Schlickeisen, Mississippi State University; Todd Tietjen, Mississippi State University; Eric Dibble, Mississippi State University

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All hands in the field: Combining undergraduate education with long-term ecological monitoring and data collection
Cynthia E. Dott, Fort Lewis College

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