Semester and Final Exams
(4 October, 22 November, & 13 December)
Two semester exams and one, non-cumulative final exam will be given
over lecture material. Exams may use multiple-choice and short
answer
questions.
Critical Review Papers
(Due dates: 4 October & 8 November)
Students will complete two critical review papers.
Please, submit these via e-mail w/
the subject line "Critical Review
Paper #__ ".
Critical reviews will critique a refereed journal article that deals
with mammals. Articles must be either a science research article
or a science education article (this option for education
majors).
Short communications, commentaries, & book reviews are not
eligible.
The article must also have a bibliography or literature cited
section.
Suitable journals include:
American Zoologist Animal
Behaviour Behaviour
Canadian Journal of Zoology Conservation
Biology Ecology
Journal of Animal Ecology Journal
of Mammalogy Primates: A
Journal
of Primatology
(check
with me about other journals you may want to use)
Papers should be written using good grammar in the following format:
1. Reference for the article you read:
Author(s). Year. Article Title. Journal
Name.
Volume: pages
2. Article Summary
In 1 or 2 paragraphs, describe the paper (who, what, where, when, how,
why).
(Note: While the articleís abstract will provide most of this,
do not
rely on it when writing this summary. Read the article entirely
before
you begin writing your paper.)
3. Critical Evaluation
In your own words, critique the article. Start with these points
and build from there.
a) good points of the study and article
b) weak points of & improvements to the study and article
c) the "next step" for this study, what would be a good
follow-up?
4. Apply the information from the research article to your life or major. How can you apply this information in your profession?
5. Bibliographic citation:
From the Literature Cited section of the research article, give
the citation of an article that you would be interested in critiquing
and
a brief (1 or 2 sentence) statement of why it interests you.
Papers will be evaluated on: 1) format, 2) completeness of the
review,
& 3) grammar and spelling.
Student Contract for
Teachers
(See "Description of Lab
Contract
Items")