College of Charleston
Rita Liddy Hollings
Science
Center
58 Coming Street
Charleston, SC 29424
Office: Science Center 207
Office
Hours: I
will be out of the office for most of the summer.
Office
Phone: (843) 953-1422
Fax: (843) 953-5453
petersj@cofc.edu
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| "People
know
what they do;
they frequently know why they do what they do; but what they don't know
is what what they do does." Foucault. |
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Degrees:
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Research
Interests: Science Education -
Scientific literacy,
Problem Based Learning (PBL) and student-directed inquiry approaches to
learning in
biology. Fisheries biology; early life history of marine fishes. |
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Publications:
Peters, J.S.,
and D.J. Schmidt, 1997.
Daily age and growth of larval and early
juvenile
Spanish
mackerel (Scomberomorus
maculatus) from the South Atlantic Bight. Fisheries Bulletin. 95(3), 530-539.
Peters, John S. (2006)
Science-technology-society literacy in college
non-majors biology: Comparing problem/case studies based learning and
traditional expository methods of instruction. Ph.D. dissertation,
University of Northern Colorado, United States -- Colorado. ProQuest
Digital Dissertations database.
(Publication No. AAT 3231302).
Peters,
J.S., 2007. Discovering
Biological Science: A Laboratory Manual for Biology 101 at the College of Charleston.
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Grant Funded Projects:
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Course Home Pages:
Current
Courses -
Spring 2008
Undergraduate
Courses
Graduate
Courses
SMFT
697 - Evolution, Ecology and Conservation Biology
Past
Courses:
Graduate
SMFT 538
- Topics in Zoology for Teachers
SMFT 639 - Genetics for Teachers
Undergraduate:
Biology
101 - Elements
of Biology I
Biology
151
- Honors Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology
Biology
111 - Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology
Biology
112 - Introduction to the Ecology, Evolution and Biology of Organisms
Biology
341 - General Ecology
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