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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Biology Education"”.
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UNDERSTANDING NEGLECT OF PLANT BIOLOGY EDUCATION IN MICHIGAN MIDDLE SCHOOLS
… identify historical trends of neglect in plant biology education, their continuation today in Michigan middle school classrooms, and to uncover reasons for this neglect. A content analysis of state and national science standards and an online survey of Michigan middle school life science …
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Systems thinking as a teaching and learning tool for biology education
… moving towards a more holistic approach (systems biology) in an attempt to bring together the vast range of biological data to make more sense of living systems. This makes demands on scientists and teachers to draw together understandings from many areas of biological study and also to be …
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Comparing Effectiveness and Perceived Characteristics of Active Learning Methods in Undergraduate Biology Education
… qualitative data were collected from one cell biology course (which is required for multiple biology-based majors) at a large, research-intensive university. Among clickers, homework, and passive learning, students scored higher on exam concepts assessed via homework (but not when homework was …
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“In the outskirts”: Exploring science identity development in biology education using insect natural history collections and self-determination theory
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-12-04 without embargo terms
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Assessing assessment : how use of the concept of inventory of natural selection influences the instructional practices of an experienced biology professor and supplemental instruction leader
… moving toward such goals. A recent addition to biology education, CIs hold much promise for helping faculty to understand their students' preconceptions and therefore, how to design lessons to better support students' conceptual change processes. While these are the hopes of the developers, no …
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Evolution Acceptance, Religiosity, and Nature of Science in an Undergraduate Population
… of research into the acceptance of evolutionary biology have revealed a number of factors that are related to an individual’s choice to accept or reject evolutionary biology. This work seeks to extend that work in the following key ways: (1) Use a longitudinal time frame, along with …
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Accessible and easy-to-use educational tools to teach molecular and synthetic biology using freeze-dried, cell-free technology
… and physics classroom demonstrations exist, few biology demonstrations are practical and accessible due to the challenges and concerns of growing living cells in classrooms. Here I introduce a platform to develop hands-on molecular and synthetic biology educational activities based on …
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factors Affecting Academic Performance of In-service Students in science Education: a case of the University of zambia
… performance of mature-age students in Science Education at University of Zambia. It was guided by Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. The theory provided relationship between achievement motivation and academic performance. A descriptive research design was used. Both Qualitative and Quantitative …
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factors Affecting Academic Performance of In-service Students in science Education: a case of the University of zambia
… performance of mature-age students in Science Education at University of Zambia. It was guided by Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. The theory provided relationship between achievement motivation and academic performance. A descriptive research design was used. Both Qualitative and Quantitative …
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The demographic profile and perceived in-service education and training needs of Biology teachers in the Limpopo Province
… ovttall poor pen~ in the matric examinatioo in Biology in the Limpopo Province . . may among other factors be influenced by poorly qualified teachers. INSET programs can be one way of addressing the problem of inadequate teacher qualifications. However, the success of these programs depends on …
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An examination and comparison of two approaches to hybrid teaching of non-majors biology : assessing changes in student attitude and levels of engagement based on learning styles
Recent pushes for reform in college Biology education have resulted in new and high-technology approaches to the teaching of science. One such approach is the use of a media:scape classroom, a classroom with flexible seating arrangements and interconnected computer screens throughout the room. Ball …
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Diagnosing undergraduate biology students' experimental design knowledge and difficulties
… is an important component of undergraduate biology education as it generates knowledge of biology. This dissertation addresses the challenge undergraduate educators face for assessing knowledge of experimental design in biology by examining knowledge of, and difficulties with, experimental …
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Pengaruh konsentrasi kitosan dan lama perendaman sebagai edible coating terhadap kualitas brokoli (Brassica oleracea L.).
… in the laboratory of Biochemistry Department of Biology, Faculty of science and technology islamic state university of Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang and in the chemical laboratory, Department of Biology education, Muhammadiyah University of Malang. Coating research results with a 3% chitosan …
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Students' Attitudes towards Socially--but Not Scientifically--Controversial Subjects: Evaluating Ways in which These Attitudes May Be Shifted
… Journal Foundation includes a mobile, informal education exhibit centered on raising college students' awareness of hunger in the US and abroad, as well as the role of modern agriculture in solving hunger-related problems. This study evaluated changes in students' understandings of hunger as a …
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Effectiveness of Mandatory Online Supplemental Instruction in an Introductory Cell and Molecular Biology Course
… program in an introductory cell and molecular biology course at a community college in Northern Nevada. To accomplish this, the study focused on the dependent variable of course GPA, and the issuance rate of "D" or "F" letter grades and withdraws for students who enrolled in sections which used …
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Zimbabwean teachers’ espoused and enacted knowledge for teaching ordinary-level integrated science
… on exploring Teacher Knowledge in General Education and Science Education fields (Elbaz, 1983, Shulman, 1987, Grossman, 1990; Carlsen, 1999; Lederman, 2006; Chapman, 2013; Goodwin & Kosnik, 2013). Central in this discourse on Teacher Knowledge is understanding teachers espoused and enacted …
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Investigating nitrate-dependent humic substance oxidation and in-service K-12 teachers' understanding of microbiology
… interest in learning more about selected microbiology concepts and their actual understanding of the selected microbiology concepts. Sixty-two in-service elementary, middle, and high school teachers from several school districts across southern Illinois completed a three-part instrument that …
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Queering of animal behavior in US biology textbooks
… rights is frequently framed by appeals to "biology," which is often invoked to uphold an essential and restrictive binary definition of sex. This study addresses the origin and extent of this formalized understanding of "natural" sex and gender by investigating the official knowledge …
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Characterising Mechanistic Reasoning of Senior Biology Students in Hong Kong
Six Year 10 biology students from two schools in Hong Kong were interviewed to give explanations about biological phenomena related to these topics: enzymes and metabolism as well as the breathing system and transport system in humans. Their responses were coded (activity, condition, entity, …
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Describing the Development of Conceptual Knowledge About Evolution
Despite its importance, the theory of evolution presents a challenge for learners and teachers. Teachers have tools such as formative assessment at their disposal, but implementing them is complex. Digital technologies have the potential to support such practices, yet there is a lack of …
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