Dr. Jack Tessier - Associate Professor of Biology

SUNY Delhi - 722 Evenden Tower

Delhi, New York 13753

tessiejt@delhi.edu  (607)746-4483

BIOL 140 Field Biology

BIOL 145 General Ecology

BIOL 150 Biology of Beer

I am also engaged in the scholarship of teaching and learning.  In this regard, I am continually seeking ways to improve college level educational practices.   

Tessier, J.T. In Review. Effect of peer evaluation format on student engagement in a group project. 

Tessier, J.T. In Press. Methods of belowground movement in Erythronium americanum. Northeastern Naturalist.

Tessier, J.T. 2010. An Inquiry-Based Biology Laboratory Improves Pre-Service Elementary Teachers’ Attitudes about Science. Journal of College Science Teaching 39:84-90.  Lab Manual

Tessier, J.T. 2010. Effect of forest harvest on the vegetation of an urban park. Northeastern Naturalist 17:273-284.

Tessier, J.T. 2009. Classroom debate format: effect on student learning and revelations about student tendencies. College Teaching 57:144-152.

Levine, L.E., C.R. Fallahi, J.M. Nicoll-Senft, J.T. Tessier, C.L. Watson, and R.M. Wood. 2008. Creating significant learning experiences across disciplines. College Teaching 56:247-254.

Tessier, J.T. 2008. Leaf habit, phenology, and longevity of eleven forest understory plant species in Algonquin State Forest, northwest Connecticut, USA. Botany 86:457-465.

Levine, L.E., C.R. Fallahi, J.M. Nicoll-Senft, J.T. Tessier, C.L. Watson, and R.M. Wood. 2007. Teaching ourselves: A model to improve, assess and spread the word. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 1:1-8.

Tessier, J.T. 2007. Reestablishment of three dominant herbaceous understory species following fine-scale disturbance in a Catskill northern hardwood forest. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134:34-44.

Tessier, J.T. and M.P. Bornn. 2007. Old fronds serve as a vernal carbon source in the wintergreen fern Dryopteris intermedia (Aspleniaceae). American Journal of Botany 94:25-28.

Tessier, J.T. 2007. Small group peer-teaching in an introductory biology classroom. Journal of College Science Teaching 36:64-69.

Tessier, J.T. and C.A. Penniman. 2006. An inquiry-based laboratory design for microbial ecology. Bioscene 32:6-11.

Tessier, J.T. 2006. Writing assignments in a non-major introductory ecology class. Journal of College Science Teaching 35:25-29.

Tessier, J.T. 2004. Leaf longevity of Oxalis acetosella in the Catskill Mountains, New York, USA. American Journal of Botany 91:1371-1377.

Tessier, J.T. 2004. Ecological problem-based learning: an environmental consulting task. American Biology Teacher 66:477-484.

Tessier, J.T. 2004. Use of peer-teaching to promote learning in biology. Journal of College Science Teaching 33:16-19.

Tessier, J.T. and D.J. Raynal. 2003. Vernal nitrogen and phosphorus retention by forest understory vegetation and soil microbes. Plant and Soil 256:443-453.

Tessier, J.T., and D.J. Raynal. 2003. Use of nitrogen to phosphorus ratios in plant tissues as an indicator of nutrient limitation and nitrogen saturation. Journal of Applied Ecology 40:523-534.

Tessier, J.T. 2003. Applying plant identification skills to actively learn the scientific method. American Biology Teacher 65:25-29.

Tessier, J.T., R.D. Masters, and D.J. Raynal. 2002. Changes in base cation deposition across New York State and adjacent New England following implementation of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. Atmospheric Environment 36:1645-1648.

Tessier, J.T. 2001. Vernal photosynthesis and nutrient retranslocation in Dryopteris intermedia. American Fern Journal 91:187-196. 

Tessier, J.T., S.J. McNaughton, and D.J. Raynal. 2001. Influence of nutrient availability and tree wildling density on nutrient uptake by Oxalis acetosella and Acer saccharum. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 45:11-20.

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