Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Behavioral Ecology (Joan Strassmann)
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Course information
edit- University: Washington University in St. Louis
- Course title: Behavioral Ecology
- Professor: Joan E. Strassmann
- Assignment start date: 28 August 2012
Links to supplemental pages
editResources [1]
Discuss [2]
Help [3]
Study Guides Davies, Krebs, West, An Introduction to Behavioral Ecology [4]
Joan's website - lots of information on her research [5]
Joan's website - videos on social evolution [6]
Course description
editThis course is about understanding why organisms evolve to act the way they do. We focus on social behaviors and particularly on understanding conflict and cooperation. How do genetically distinct individuals cooperate while still favoring their own interests? We study things like the evolution of aggression, mating behavior, parental care, communication, and the complexities of living in groups and families. We will learn how natural selection operates on individuals in a social context. We study less material in more depth, with many videos. You will specialize in a certain area. In that area you will write for Wikipedia and teach high school students one Saturday. This class is a lot of work, a lot of fun, and you will never look at an animal in the same way.
Wikipedia assignment
editSyllabus [7]
How to write for Wikipedia [8]
Grading
[9]
Assignment 1: Creating Account and Sandbox [10]
Assignment 2: Joining a Project [11]
Assignment 3: Edit Existing Entry [12]
Assignment 4: 1st Draft [13]
Assignment 5: Peer Review [14]
Assignment 6: 2nd Draft [15]
Assignment 7: Peer Review [16]
Assignment 8: Nominate for Good Article [17]
Assignment 9: Final Contribution [18]
Course Banner
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Informational links
editExpert Wikipedian: Here you can find links to all kinds of resources on creating, citing, etc [19]
Teahouse- a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors [20]
Ambassador program [21]
Editing guide [22]
Tutorial [23]
Google Scholar [24]
Web of science [25]
TA usernames
editDevin T. Dobias - Ddobias
Greg Sibbel - Gsibbel
Ruth Lewis, Biology Librarian - rulew
Student usernames
editStudent usernames should follow the ExampleUser format below.
- ExampleUser (talk · contribs)
Chapter 5: Competing for resources
Chapter 7: Sexual Selection
- Cobiorower (talk · contribs), samara levine (talk · contribs), Tianyi Cai (talk · contribs)
Chapter 8: Parental Care and Conflict
Chapter 9: Mating Systems
- njoymusic2 (talk · contribs), WhitleyTucker (talk · contribs)
Chapter 11: Social Behavior
- Nsavalia23 (talk · contribs), Katims90 (talk · contribs), e.middlebrook (talk · contribs)
Chapter 12: Cooperation
Chapter 13: Altruism and Social Insects
Reviewing Submissions
editThis table will list each article that a student is working on, and which other students will be peer reviewers for the article.