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ERIC Number: EJ380768
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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How-To-Do-It: A Chess Analogy: Teaching the Role of Animals in Ecosystems.
Kangas, Patrick
American Biology Teacher, v50 n3 p160-62 Mar 1988
Describes a teaching exercise used to demonstrate the importance of context in studying the ecology of animals. Uses the game of chess to examine the relationship between information and context and as an analogy with ecology. Discusses procedures, examples of results, and insights gained from this activity. (CW)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Classroom Techniques, College Science, Ecology, Games, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Science Activities, Science Education, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Analogies; Chess; Context Dependence