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Megalakaki, Olga; Crimet, Audrey; Ballenghein, Ugo; Gounden, Yannick – SAGE Open, 2019
We examined how mushroom experts organize and process their knowledge, compared with novices, and which types of arguments they use to process information. Mushroom experts and novices carried out an identification/memorization task, a free recall task, and a matching task. Results showed that experts performed better than novices on all three…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Expertise, Novices, Identification
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Provasi, Giancarlo; Squazzoni, Flaminio; Tosio, Beatrice – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2012
This paper looks at eight comparative case-studies on academic entrepreneurs in life sciences conducted in Europe in 2008. The interviewees were selected from the KEINS database that lists all academic inventors from Italy, France, Sweden and the Netherlands who have one or more patent applications registered at the European Patent Office,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Comparative Analysis, Case Studies
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Kramer, IJsbrand M.; Dahmani, Hassen-Reda; Delouche, Pamina; Bidabe, Marissa; Schneeberger, Patricia – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2012
The large number of experimentally determined molecular structures has led to the development of a new semiotic system in the life sciences, with increasing use of accurate molecular representations. To determine how this change impacts students' learning, we incorporated image tests into our introductory cell biology course. Groups of students…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Introductory Courses, Biology, Control Groups