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Publication Date: 2012-Sep
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Can You Build It? Using Manipulatives to Assess Student Understanding of Food-Web Concepts
Grumbine, Richard
American Biology Teacher, v74 n7 p518-520 Sep 2012
This article outlines an exercise that assesses student knowledge of food-web and energy-flow concepts. Students work in teams and use manipulatives to build food-web models based on criteria assigned by the instructor. The models are then peer reviewed according to guidelines supplied by the instructor.
Descriptors: Student Research, Manipulative Materials, Energy, Scientific Concepts, Food, Teaching Methods, Models, Peer Evaluation, Knowledge Level
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