Dr. Jack Tessier - Assistant 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. An Inquiry-Based Biology Laboratory Improves Pre-Service Elementary Teachers’ Attitudes about Science. American Biology Teacher.

Tessier, J.T. In Press. Classroom debate format: effect on student learning and revelations about student tendencies. College Teaching.

Levine, L.E., C.R. Fallahi, J.M. Nicoll-Senft, J.T. Tessier, C.L. Watson, and R.M. Wood. In Press. Creating significant learning experiences across disciplines in higher education. College Teaching.

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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