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Beaumont, Ellen S.; Rowe, Graham; Mikhaylov, Natalie S. – Bioscience Education, 2012
We describe a classroom exercise to allow students to explore foraging strategies in higher vertebrates. The exercise includes an initial interactive session in which students act as predators and are guided through foraging simulations, and a subsequent student-led session where classmates are employed as experimental subjects. Students rated the…
Descriptors: Ecology, Biology, Inquiry, Experiments
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Hart, Adam G.; Stafford, Richard; Goodenough, Anne E. – Bioscience Education, 2011
An artificial, and generally unhelpful, divide between lecturers and students frequently occurs in higher education, especially among recent school-leavers. Bridging that divide allows lecturers and students to develop collaboratively to the benefit of both parties. Residential field courses provide an important forum to develop more mature…
Descriptors: Student Development, Lecture Method, Higher Education, Teacher Student Relationship
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Holbrook, Jane; Dupont, Christine – Bioscience Education, 2009
The use of technology to capture the audio and visual elements of lectures, to engage students in course concepts, and to provide feedback to assignments has become a mainstream practice in higher education through podcasting and lecture capturing mechanisms. Instructors can create short podcasts or videos to produce "nuggets" of information for…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Introductory Courses, Student Attitudes, Attendance