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Download full textRauter, Claudia M. – Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 2010
This laboratory exercise investigates the influence of population density on offspring number and size in burying beetles. Students test the theoretical predictions that brood size declines and offspring size increases when competition over resources becomes stronger with increasing population density. Students design the experiment, collect and…
Descriptors: Entomology, Biology, Ecology, Animal Behavior
Direct linkBalgopal, Meena M.; Wallace, Alison M. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2009
Researchers tested whether writing increases ecological literacy in undergraduate elementary education students. The authors asked students to write 3 guided essays addressing the cognitive, affective, and behavioral domains in response to news articles on hypoxia. Of the 22 students, 64% improved their ecological literacy from the 1st essay to…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Elementary Education, Undergraduate Students, Preservice Teacher Education
Arnold, Karen D.; Lu, Elissa C.; Armstrong, Kelli J. – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2012
This monograph focuses on the main populations and topics in the college
readiness literature. The population of U.S. youth who are traditionally aged
high school and college students dominates research; for the most part, the authors concentrate on literature about this population. Within this broad parameter, the review is centrally concerned…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Higher Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Wallace, Stephen O. – NADE Digest, 2007
The ability to make appropriate decisions is a key to college success. Some college students appear to not make satisfactory academic progress, not because they lack ability or desire, but because they make academic decisions that seem to put them at risk. Assisting students to make appropriate academic decisions is a primary objective for…
Descriptors: College Students, At Risk Students, Decision Making, Ecological Factors
Obach, Brian K. – Teaching Sociology, 2009
As evidence of the growing ecological crisis mounts, it is imperative that sociologists speak to this social problem and incorporate a sociological perspective on environmental issues into the curriculum. Central to understanding how social issues relate to environmental problems is an examination of the ties between consumption and its ecological…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Environmental Education, Critical Theory, Advantaged
Laffite, Nicolas Baya – International Social Science Journal, 2008
This article addresses the role of universities in the sustainable management of metropolitan areas, drawing on the outputs from a workshop that brought together academics, professionals and politicians responsible for the urban environmental management of the metropolitan areas of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Urban…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Ecology, Workshops, Metropolitan Areas
