
Teaching for Understanding with Technology
Kristi Rennebohm Franz(Co-Author)
Jossey-Bass (Publisher)
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 18. January 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-7879-7230-1 (ISBN)
Description
Teaching for Understanding with Technology shows how teachers can maximize the potential of new technologies to advance student learning and achievement. It uses the popular Teaching for Understanding framework that guides learners to think, analyze, solve problems, and make meaning of what they've learned. The book offers advice on tapping into a rich array of new technologies such as web information, online curricular information, and professional networks to research teaching topics, set learning goals, create innovative lesson plans, assess student understanding, and develop communities of learners.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
474 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-7230-1 (9780787972301)
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Martha Stone Wiske | Kristi Rennebohm Franz | Lisa Breit
Teaching for Understanding with Technology
E-Book
12/2013
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Martha Stone Wiske | Kristi Rennebohm Franz | Lisa Breit
Teaching for Understanding with Technology
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Persons
Martha Stone Wiske is lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she co-directed the Educational Technology Center. Her research is concerned with the integration of new technologies and the incorporation of learner-centered teaching for understanding. She is coeditor of Teaching for Understanding: Linking Research with Practice. Kristi Rennebohm Franz is an award-winning Washington State teacher who is known for her innovative use of new technologies in the classroom. Her classroom teaching has been filmed and featured in the PBS documentary Digital Divide.
Lisa Breit develops professional development programs to help K-12 teachers design and implement curriculum with new technologies, and consults with school leaders on how to cultivate leadership and provide institutional support as teachers and students gain proficiency.
Lisa Breit develops professional development programs to help K-12 teachers design and implement curriculum with new technologies, and consults with school leaders on how to cultivate leadership and provide institutional support as teachers and students gain proficiency.
Author
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Co-Author
Harvard University
Content
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
Contributing authors xvii
1 Reproductive competition and its impact on the evolution and ecology of dung beetles 1
Leigh W. Simmons and T. James Ridsdill-Smith
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Competition for mates and the evolution of morphological diversity 2
1.3 Competition for resources and the evolution of breeding strategies 9
1.4 Ecological consequences of intraspecific and interspecific competition 14
1.5 Conservation 19
1.6 Concluding remarks 20
2 The evolutionary history and diversification of dung beetles 21
T. Keith Philips
2.1 Introduction 21
2.2 Scarabaeinae diversity and tribal classification issues 22
2.3 Scarabaeine dung beetle phylogenies 27
2.4 The sister clade to the Scarabaeinae 31
2.5 The origin of the dung beetles 33
2.6 The oldest lineages and their geographical origin 34
2.7 Evolution of activity period 36
2.8 Evolution of feeding habits 36
2.9 Evolution of derived alternative lifestyles 37
2.10 Evolution of nidification: dung manipulation strategies 40
2.11 Evolution of nidification: nesting behaviour and subsocial care 42
2.12 Conclusions 44
2.13 Future work/gaps in knowledge 45
3 Male contest competition and the evolution of weapons 47
Robert Knell
3.1 Introduction 47
3.2 Dung beetle horns as weapons 49
3.3 Functional morphology of horns 50
3.4 Horns as predictors of victory 53
3.5 Are beetle horns simply tools? 55
3.6 The evolution of horns: rollers vs. tunnellers 56
3.7 The evolution of horns: population density 59
3.8 The evolution of horns: sex ratio 63
3.9 Future work 64
4 Sexual selection after mating: the evolutionary consequences of sperm competition and cryptic female choice in onthophagines 66
Leigh W. Simmons
4.1 Introduction 66
4.2 Sperm competition theory 68
4.3 Evolution of ejaculate expenditure in the genus Onthophagus 71
4.4 Evolutionary consequences of variation in ejaculate expenditure 72
4.5 Theoretical models of female choice 75
4.6 Quantitative genetics of ejaculate traits 76
4.7 Empirical evidence for adaptive cryptic female choice in Onthophagus taurus 78
4.8 Conclusions and future directions 83
4.9 Dedication and acknowledgement 86
5 Olfactory ecology 87
G.D. Tribe and B.V. Burger
5.1 Introduction 87
5.2 Orientation to dung and other resources 87
5.3 Olfactory cues used in mate attraction and mate recognition 91
5.4 Chemical composition of Kheper pheromones 95
5.5 Kairomones 103
5.6 Defensive secretions 104
5.7 Conclusions and future directions 105
6 Explaining phenotypic diversity: the conditional strategy and threshold trait expression 107
Joseph Tomkins and Wade Hazel
6.1 Introduction 107
6.2 The environmental threshold model 109
6.3 Applying the threshold model 118
6.4 Future directions 123
7 Evolution and development: Onthophagus beetles and the evolutionary development genetics of innovation, allometry and plasticity 126
Armin Moczek
7.1 Introduction 126
7.2 Evo-devo and eco-devo - a brief introduction 127
7.3 Onthophagus beetles as an emerging model system in evo-devo and eco-devo 128
7.4 The origin and diversification of novel traits 132
7.5 The regulation and evolution of scaling 140
7.6 The development, evolution, and consequences of phenotypic plasticity 148
7.7 Conclusion 151
8 The evolution of parental care in the onthophagine dung beetles 152
John Hunt and Clarissa House
8.1 Introduction 152
8.2 Parental care theory 154
8.3 Testing parental care theory using onthophagine dung beetles 157
8.4 Conclusions and future directions 174
9 The visual ecology of dung beetles 177
Marcus Byrne and Marie Dacke
9.1 Introduction 177
9.2 Insect eye structure 179
9.3 Eye limitations 181
9.4 Dung beetle vision 182
9.5 Visual ecology of flight activity 187
9.6 Sexual selection and eyes 190
9.7 Ball-rolling 192
9.8 Conclusions 198
10 The ecological implications of physiological diversity in dung beetles 200
Steven L. Chown and C. Jaco Klok
10.1 Introduction 200
10.2 Thermoregulation 201
10.3 Thermal tolerance 207
10.4 Water balance 208
10.5 Gas exchange and metabolic rate 215
10.6 Conclusion and prospectus 218
11 Dung beetle populations: structure and consequences 220
Tomas Roslin and Heidi Viljanen
11.1 Introduction 220
11.2 Study systems 221
11.3 Range size 224
11.4 Habitat and resource selection 227
11.5 Dung beetle movement 230
11.6 The genetic structure of dung beetle populations 235
11.7 Consequences: spatial population structures and responses to habitat loss 238
11.8 Perspectives 243
12 Biological control: ecosystem functions provided by dung beetles 245
T. James Ridsdill-Smith and Penny B. Edwards
12.1 Introduction 245
12.2 Functions of dung beetles in ecosystems 246
12.3 Dung beetles in pasture habitats 250
12.4 Seasonal occurrence and abundance of native dung beetles in Australia 251
12.5 Distribution and seasonal occurrence of introduced dung beetles in Australia 254
12.6 Long-term studies of establishment and abundance 257
12.7 Competitive exclusion 262
12.8 Optimizing the benefits of biological control 264
13 Dung beetles as a candidate study taxon in applied biodiversity conservation research 267
Elizabeth S. Nichols and Toby A. Gardner
13.1 Introduction 267
13.2 Satisfying data needs to inform conservation practice 268
13.3 The role of dung beetles in applied biodiversity research in human-modified landscapes 270
13.4 Dung beetle conservation 286
13.5 Some ways forward 290
References 293
Subject index 340
Taxonomic index 343
Acknowledgements xv
Contributing authors xvii
1 Reproductive competition and its impact on the evolution and ecology of dung beetles 1
Leigh W. Simmons and T. James Ridsdill-Smith
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Competition for mates and the evolution of morphological diversity 2
1.3 Competition for resources and the evolution of breeding strategies 9
1.4 Ecological consequences of intraspecific and interspecific competition 14
1.5 Conservation 19
1.6 Concluding remarks 20
2 The evolutionary history and diversification of dung beetles 21
T. Keith Philips
2.1 Introduction 21
2.2 Scarabaeinae diversity and tribal classification issues 22
2.3 Scarabaeine dung beetle phylogenies 27
2.4 The sister clade to the Scarabaeinae 31
2.5 The origin of the dung beetles 33
2.6 The oldest lineages and their geographical origin 34
2.7 Evolution of activity period 36
2.8 Evolution of feeding habits 36
2.9 Evolution of derived alternative lifestyles 37
2.10 Evolution of nidification: dung manipulation strategies 40
2.11 Evolution of nidification: nesting behaviour and subsocial care 42
2.12 Conclusions 44
2.13 Future work/gaps in knowledge 45
3 Male contest competition and the evolution of weapons 47
Robert Knell
3.1 Introduction 47
3.2 Dung beetle horns as weapons 49
3.3 Functional morphology of horns 50
3.4 Horns as predictors of victory 53
3.5 Are beetle horns simply tools? 55
3.6 The evolution of horns: rollers vs. tunnellers 56
3.7 The evolution of horns: population density 59
3.8 The evolution of horns: sex ratio 63
3.9 Future work 64
4 Sexual selection after mating: the evolutionary consequences of sperm competition and cryptic female choice in onthophagines 66
Leigh W. Simmons
4.1 Introduction 66
4.2 Sperm competition theory 68
4.3 Evolution of ejaculate expenditure in the genus Onthophagus 71
4.4 Evolutionary consequences of variation in ejaculate expenditure 72
4.5 Theoretical models of female choice 75
4.6 Quantitative genetics of ejaculate traits 76
4.7 Empirical evidence for adaptive cryptic female choice in Onthophagus taurus 78
4.8 Conclusions and future directions 83
4.9 Dedication and acknowledgement 86
5 Olfactory ecology 87
G.D. Tribe and B.V. Burger
5.1 Introduction 87
5.2 Orientation to dung and other resources 87
5.3 Olfactory cues used in mate attraction and mate recognition 91
5.4 Chemical composition of Kheper pheromones 95
5.5 Kairomones 103
5.6 Defensive secretions 104
5.7 Conclusions and future directions 105
6 Explaining phenotypic diversity: the conditional strategy and threshold trait expression 107
Joseph Tomkins and Wade Hazel
6.1 Introduction 107
6.2 The environmental threshold model 109
6.3 Applying the threshold model 118
6.4 Future directions 123
7 Evolution and development: Onthophagus beetles and the evolutionary development genetics of innovation, allometry and plasticity 126
Armin Moczek
7.1 Introduction 126
7.2 Evo-devo and eco-devo - a brief introduction 127
7.3 Onthophagus beetles as an emerging model system in evo-devo and eco-devo 128
7.4 The origin and diversification of novel traits 132
7.5 The regulation and evolution of scaling 140
7.6 The development, evolution, and consequences of phenotypic plasticity 148
7.7 Conclusion 151
8 The evolution of parental care in the onthophagine dung beetles 152
John Hunt and Clarissa House
8.1 Introduction 152
8.2 Parental care theory 154
8.3 Testing parental care theory using onthophagine dung beetles 157
8.4 Conclusions and future directions 174
9 The visual ecology of dung beetles 177
Marcus Byrne and Marie Dacke
9.1 Introduction 177
9.2 Insect eye structure 179
9.3 Eye limitations 181
9.4 Dung beetle vision 182
9.5 Visual ecology of flight activity 187
9.6 Sexual selection and eyes 190
9.7 Ball-rolling 192
9.8 Conclusions 198
10 The ecological implications of physiological diversity in dung beetles 200
Steven L. Chown and C. Jaco Klok
10.1 Introduction 200
10.2 Thermoregulation 201
10.3 Thermal tolerance 207
10.4 Water balance 208
10.5 Gas exchange and metabolic rate 215
10.6 Conclusion and prospectus 218
11 Dung beetle populations: structure and consequences 220
Tomas Roslin and Heidi Viljanen
11.1 Introduction 220
11.2 Study systems 221
11.3 Range size 224
11.4 Habitat and resource selection 227
11.5 Dung beetle movement 230
11.6 The genetic structure of dung beetle populations 235
11.7 Consequences: spatial population structures and responses to habitat loss 238
11.8 Perspectives 243
12 Biological control: ecosystem functions provided by dung beetles 245
T. James Ridsdill-Smith and Penny B. Edwards
12.1 Introduction 245
12.2 Functions of dung beetles in ecosystems 246
12.3 Dung beetles in pasture habitats 250
12.4 Seasonal occurrence and abundance of native dung beetles in Australia 251
12.5 Distribution and seasonal occurrence of introduced dung beetles in Australia 254
12.6 Long-term studies of establishment and abundance 257
12.7 Competitive exclusion 262
12.8 Optimizing the benefits of biological control 264
13 Dung beetles as a candidate study taxon in applied biodiversity conservation research 267
Elizabeth S. Nichols and Toby A. Gardner
13.1 Introduction 267
13.2 Satisfying data needs to inform conservation practice 268
13.3 The role of dung beetles in applied biodiversity research in human-modified landscapes 270
13.4 Dung beetle conservation 286
13.5 Some ways forward 290
References 293
Subject index 340
Taxonomic index 343