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Mountain Pine Beetle Mania

Question	Response
What skills does this resource explicitly teach?	This resource provides students with some appreciation of how to effectively participate in a town meeting. Teachers will have to expand on these skills.
To enhance this resource the following changes are strongly recommended:	Students need to be given more choice in which aspect of the issue they will study and how they will go about conducting their research.
To enhance this resource the following changes would be beneficial:	A visit to a real forest would greatly enhance this resource. An action project, perhaps involving public education would make this a stronger resource.

Principle	Rating	Explanation
Bias Minimization	Very Good
Multiple Dimensions of Problems & Solutions	Mediocre	Students may need to be made aware of some elements of the different dimensions of the issue in order to complete their research. However there are supplementary resource links included with the resource.
Respects Complexity	Good
Action Experience	Poor/Not considered	Poor
Action Skills	Poor/Not considered	Poor
Empathy & Respect for Humans	Mediocre	Within the activities, many different groups of people are considered.
Personal Affinity with Earth	Poor/Not considered	Poor
Locally-Focused	Very Good	While much of the application is based in the Western Provinces, the resource is Canadian in content and other provinces will be able to relate.
Past, Present & Future	Very Good

Principle	Rating	Explanation
Open-Ended Instruction	Good	Some activities seek single answers, while others are more open-ended.
Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Learning	Good
Discovery Learning	Mediocre
Values Clarification	Mediocre
Differentiated Instruction	Mediocre	There are several different activities included with this resource which will appeal to a variety of learning styles and abilities. There are also several suggestions for extensions. However, there is an emphasis on reading and writing in most of the activities and no suggestions for accommodations.
Experiential Learning	Mediocre
Cooperative Learning	Mediocre
Assessment & Evaluation	Very Good	There are a variety of assessment stratagies provided including rubrics, a reflective journal, a quiz and a game-show activity.
Peer Teaching	Mediocre
Case Studies	Poor/Not considered	Poor
Locus of Control	Poor/Not considered	Poor. Students are given very little direct control.

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