undefined method error appears in erb but not haml

Hey all, All I wanted to do was convert a haml file to erb. After doing so, i get an undefined method `render_sequence_nav' error message. Even though no such error happened when it was in haml format. I believe the culprit is this line which I am converting incorrectly:

#fields << render_sequence_nav(sequence_info, students_path)

I converted it to this:      <% <div id="fields"> fields </div> << render_sequence_nav(sequence_info, students_path) %>

But Rails says " syntax error, unexpected '<', expecting kEND ; <div id="fields"> fields </div>... " Thanks for any suggestions.

<div id="fields"><%= render_sequence_nav(sequence_info, students_path) %></div>