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Usage of plant examples in secondary school biology classes
… was randomly distributed to secondary school biology teachers. Results from 80 respondents showed that on average, plants are used as examples in teaching 66% of these biological principles. The primary rationale cited by teachers for low or non-usage of plants was that they preferred animals …
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A Case Study of Single-Sex Biology Classes in a High School in South Georgia
… that females feel safer in participating in classes with males absent and opportunities to participate are increased; differences in learning styles can be used to an advantage in single-sex classes; and distractions in the classroom caused by the opposite sex are diminished. This research …
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Sex Education Knowledge, Verbal Interaction, and Attitudes: An Exploratory Study in High School Human Biology Classes
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Teaching in English and Isixhosa: code-switching in grade 11 Biology classes at a school in Khayelitsha
This study explored the use of code-switching in Biology classes at high school level, how it is used in the teaching and learning situation and its effect on the learners' performance in the subject. Grade 11 was chosen as it precedes the last year at high school.
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The Relationship Between the Next Generation Content Area Reading Professional Development Program on the Effectiveness of Teaching Literacy Strategies in High School Biology Classes
… the relationship between NGCAR-PD certified Biology teachers and their ability to implement reading strategies with science content effectively. The context of this inquiry is a mid-sized public school district that has implemented the program since 2006 at the middle and high school level …
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Attitudes of Japanese students in relation to school biology
This study explores attitudes in biology classes of Japanese junior high school and high school students and also asks them to reflect back on their school experiences. In Japan, the educational environment for students is very good: for example, many students can have opportunities to go to school …
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A Study of Critical Incidents Relating to Effective Instruction in Secondary School Physics, Chemistry, and Biology
… in secondary school chemistry, physics, and biology classes, and second, to determine whether or not these factors aiding effectiveness have elements in common. The problem will then be to characterize these common elements.
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Virtual Fetal Pig Dissection As An Agent Of Knowledge Acquisition And Attitudinal Change In Female High School Biology Students
… dissection for females enrolled in high school biology classes by comparing the knowledge acquisition and attitudinal change between the experimental (virtual dissection) and control (actual dissection) groups. Two hundred and twenty four students enrolled in biology classes in a suburban …
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Implementing Graphic Organizers for English Language Learners in High School Biology
… English language learners (ELLs) in high school biology. The purpose of this study is to observe and describe what happens with my ELL students when I implement graphic organizers in my high school biology classes. The methodology is a qualitative case study. The sample population consists of 20 …
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Taxonomy and the History of Science: A Critical Analysis of Four Historic Publications
… of taxonomy is not usually taught in modern biology classes, but it is necessary to understand the history of classification and science as a whole in order to better understand the processes of classification and thinking that are commonly taught at the college level. Through the exploration …
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Tempo geológico e o ensino de Biologia: investigando uma proposta de Sequência Didática baseada em Design Research.
… bolster Geological Time approach in high school Biology classes in Brazil, using the methodological framework of Design Research. Approaching Geological Time based on Burchfield’s (1998, In: Blundell & Scott, Eds. Lyell: the past is the key to the present. London: Geol. Soc. Spec. Publ., v. 143) …
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Relationships of student gender, personal epistemological beliefs, science self-efficacy, attitude, and subjective norms to intended science class enrollment
… to enroll in high school physics, chemistry, and biology classes. Attitude toward enrollment and social support for enrollment predicted enrollment intent, with gender, academic ability, and self-efficacy explaining a small but significant portion of additional variance. Examination of beliefs …
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The effect of student journals on achievement in and attitudes toward science
… tenth-grade students enrolled in two Laboratory Biology classes. Students in one class wrote in journals about teacher-posed topics for five minutes on average of once per week. The topics were written to encourage personalization of learning and further interaction with science. An attitude …
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Creating a framework for systems-based graphic analysis and the assessment of college-level introductory biology textbooks
… for research in this area. Since many college biology classes are modeled around the same style and emphasis found in the textbooks used for those courses, this provided an avenue for an examination of these materials. This research involved the selection of five popular introductory, …
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The Improvement of Instruction in High School General Biology
… is, primarily, to develop an outline in heneral Biology suitable to the instructional situation at the Norfolk Senior High School, Norfolk, Nebraska, but it is hoped that it may be of some service to teachers and students of biology in other high schools. Various community demands, location, and …
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The Impact of a Design-Based Engineering Curriculum on High School Biology: Evaluating Academic Achievement and Student Perceptions of Epistemology, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Determination in Life Science
… design process (EDP) into the high school biology classroom may improve academic achievement, alter epistemological beliefs about learning science, and positively influence student perceptions of science self-efficacy and self-determination. This quasi-experimental research study tested …
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The relationship between attendance policies and student grades
… point average was determined for all academic classes taught at Shelton State Community College between 2000 and 2008. These grade point averages were compared descriptively and statistically in an effort to document any changes in student grades that occurred before and after 2003. For this …
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Biotechnology Education: An Investigation of Corporate and Communal Science in the Classroom
… biotechnology curriculum arose in high school biology classes. The researcher also explored the hybrid nature of biotechnology resources such as an educational conference where teachers attend workshops and lectures. The practices of two teachers in a public high school and one in a private …
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Confronting the Realities of Implementing Contextual Learning Ideas in a Biology Classroom
… of contextual learning practices in a biology class. Research contends that contextual learning classrooms are active learning environments where students are involved in "hands-on" team projects and the teacher assumes a facilitator role. In this student-centered classroom, students …
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