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Unraveling complexity: building an understanding of Everglades restoration
Author(s) -
Hodder Janet,
Ebert-May Diane,
Williams Kathy S.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
frontiers in ecology and the environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.918
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1540-9309
pISSN - 1540-9295
DOI - 10.1890/1540-9295(2005)003[0170:ucbauo]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - citation , state (computer science) , library science , environmental ethics , art history , computer science , sociology , history , philosophy , algorithm
tists!) to unravel. Sklar and colleagues present the engaging problem of the restoration of the Florida Everglades (pp 161-169), including history, biology, hydrology, model? ing, and regulatory morasses. Students need to learn how to derive and interconnect biological concepts from the literature as well as from textbooks. To do so they must connect new information with prior knowledge to make sense of the ideas and concepts presented. In this article, we model a way to guide and assess students' understanding of the biological principles featured in Sklar et al. before they come to class. Instructors use this formative assessment to modify classroom instruction, and to assess students' understanding of those principles at the end of class.