Using a Free Online Citizen-Science Project to Teach Observation & Quantification of Animal Behavior

Students of animal behavior must learn to accurately define and quantify observations and to be aware of observational bias. We designed an introductory, college-level animal behavior laboratory that uses a free, online citizen-science project (CamClickr) to help students identify and overcome biase...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American biology teacher 2010-09, Vol.72 (7), p.437-443
Hauptverfasser:	Voss, Margaret A., Cooper, Caren B.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal behavior Animal behaviour Animal vocalization Animals Biology Bird nesting College students Colleges & universities Ecology Education ethograms Evolution Female animals Females High school students Hypothesis testing INQUIRY & INVESTIGATIONS Laboratories Learning Methods Observation observational bias Observational learning Observational research Observational studies Ornithology Preening Quantification Sampling Science Activities Science education Science Projects Secondary School Science Species structural descriptions of behavior Teachers Teaching Methods Visually Impaired Mobility Worksheets
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Zusammenfassung:	Students of animal behavior must learn to accurately define and quantify observations and to be aware of observational bias. We designed an introductory, college-level animal behavior laboratory that uses a free, online citizen-science project (CamClickr) to help students identify and overcome biases when interpreting observations. The exercise encourages proficiency in making structural descriptions of animal behavior while teaching students to use ethograms to generate and test discrete hypotheses.
ISSN:	0002-7685 1938-4211
DOI:	10.1525/abt.2010.72.7.9