LinC 8: Development of Key Skills in Conservation Students

In this "Student Learning" issue of Lessons in Conservation, Volume VIII features a suite of materials developed specifically to promote and evaluate the development of key skills in students—oral communication, data analysis, and critical thinking—covering topics ranging from threats to biodiversity to local management of natural resources.

Lessons in Conservation is the official journal of the Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners (NCEP), and is currently available in electronic format. All materials in Lessons in Conservation are peer-reviewed, and are reproduced from NCEP teaching modules. If you plan to use these materials in your teaching, you may wish to download easily modifiable versions of the materials found in Lessons in Conservation, along with additional teaching and learning modules, from the NCEP Module Collection.

Lessons in Conservation: Volume 8

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Editorial:

Oral Communication:

Data Analysis:

Critical Thinking:

Lessons in Conservation: Volume 8

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Lessons in Conservation: Volume VIII

Editorial:

What Can Your Students Do? The Importance of Assessing and Developing 21st Century Skills in Conservation Students

Oral Communication:

Why is Biodiversity Important? An Oral Communication Exercise

Selecting Areas for Conservation: An Oral Communication Exercise

Sharpen Your Oral Communication Skills!

Data Analysis:

Parrots and Palms: Analyzing Data to Determine Best Management Strategies and Sustainable Harvest Levels

What is Biodiversity? Analyzing Data to Compare and Conserve Spider Communities

Practice Your Data Analysis Skills!

Critical Thinking:

Applying Critical Thinking to the Amphibian Decline Problem

Applying Critical Thinking to an Invasive Species Problem