Using a free online citizen-science project to teach observation & quantification of animal behavior

Margaret A. Voss; Caren B. Cooper

doi:10.1525/abt.2010.72.7.9

Using a free online citizen-science project to teach observation & quantification of animal behavior

Margaret A. Voss, Caren B. Cooper

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Students oj animal behavior must learn to accurately define and quantify observations and to be aware ofi observational bias. We designed an introductory, college-level animal behavior laboratory that uses a free, online citizen-science project (CamClickr) to help students identify and overcome biases when interpreting observations. The exercise encourages proficiency in making structural descriptions ofi animal behavior while teaching students to use ethograms to generate and test discrete hypotheses.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	437-443
Number of pages	7
Journal	American Biology Teacher
Volume	72
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2010.72.7.9
State	Published - Sep 1 2010

Keywords

Animal behavior
Ethograms
Observational bias
Structural descriptions of behavior

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Education
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)

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