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Brack, Virgil, Jr.; Boyles, Justin G.; Cable, Ted T. – American Biology Teacher, 2022
As researchers, teachers, and practitioners we often encounter young professionals and lay adults who do not understand basics of mammalian body temperature regulation. Often their single solid piece of knowledge is that some vertebrates (mammals and birds) are warm-blooded and some (fish, amphibians, and reptile) are cold-blooded, which is…
Descriptors: Animals, Biology, Science Instruction, Misconceptions
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Haenel, Gregory – American Biology Teacher, 2023
Case studies are valuable tools for instruction but are often limited to a single topic and a single class period. Courses such as evolution that synthesize multiple concepts around a common theme, however, can use a single case study type project that extends over the entire semester to develop and link core concepts. A central theme in…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Evolution, Biology, Genetics
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Bräuer, Juliane; Hanus, Daniel; Pika, Simone; Gray, Russell; Uomini, Natalie – Journal of Intelligence, 2020
Using the comparative approach, researchers draw inferences about the evolution of cognition. Psychologists have postulated several hypotheses to explain why certain species are cognitively more flexible than others, and these hypotheses assume that certain cognitive skills are linked together to create a generally "smart" species.…
Descriptors: Animals, Schemata (Cognition), Intelligence, Physical Environment
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O'Connor, Molly C.; Nelson, Kristen C.; Pradhananga, Amit; Earnest, Megan E. – Journal of Museum Education, 2020
Awareness-making (AM) describes a process by which visitors bring with them past experiences and knowledge, all of which help them make sense of museum exhibits. Meaning-making (MM) is when museum visitors' memories transform their museum experience into new knowledge and meaning. This article explores how AM elicits MM in museum visitors. We…
Descriptors: Museums, Exhibits, Learning Experience, Memory
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Bethany B. Stone; Katy Guthrie – American Biology Teacher, 2024
Many K-16 educators agree that active learning is a key component for student success in life sciences. At the same time, some instructors are frustrated by inconsistent student participation in these activities and may revert to traditional teaching strategies. Horse caregivers face a similar frustration when they lead a horse to water and it…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learner Engagement, Biology, Science Instruction
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Darling, Randi A. – Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 2020
I teach an animal behavior course where students conduct independent research projects; however, using live animals for research is challenging at a small university. Often, students choose to conduct a laboratory project over a field project believing that it will be easier to observe animals and control variables, but it can be difficult and…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Science Instruction, Student Research, Undergraduate Students
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Carrasco-Hernandez, R. – Journal of Biological Education, 2020
The aim of the present assay is to provide a simple algorithm as well as a didactic theoretical framework that may serve as an introduction to understanding modern habitat suitability (HS) modelling techniques in Ecology and Biogeography. The proposal is built on classical descriptive statistics and classical ecological theories. Shelford's theory…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Biology, Science Instruction, Animal Behavior
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Oliveira, Alandeon W.; Johnston, Erin; Brown, Adam Oliver – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2018
Striving to better understand exemplification, this study examines the types of animal behavior references (anthropomorphic/non-anthropomorphic) and taxonomic groups featured in the examples given by an undergraduate biology instructor during a semester-long course. It is reported that instruction was dominated by anthropomorphic examples of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Biology, Science Instruction, Figurative Language
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Frejd, Johanna; Stolpe, Karin; Hultén, Magnus; Schönborn, Konrad J. – Journal of Biological Education, 2022
Whereas previous studies show that children are able to make meaning about evolutionary concepts within read-aloud contexts, little is known about how semiotic resources and interaction influence children's meaning making about evolution. This study investigates children's meaning making about evolutionary concepts during a modelling activity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Animals, Task Analysis, Concept Formation
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Durán, Pablo A.; Marshall, Jill A. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate the mathematical needs of biological sciences undergraduate students. Student needs were measured through a needs assessment methodology scheme that included a content analysis of peer-reviewed journals, a nationwide cross-sectional survey, and semi-structured interviews. The research question that…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Undergraduate Students, Needs Assessment, Student Needs
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Tsunekage, Toshi; Bishop, Christopher R.; Long, Casey M.; Levin, Iris I. – Journal of Biological Education, 2020
Information literacy is an essential skill for biologists; however, most biology curricula do not intentionally integrate information literacy into classroom and laboratory exercises. There is evidence that developing information literacy skills in undergraduates improves their research skills, writing, and GPAs. Our objective was to integrate…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Information Literacy, Introductory Courses
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Williams, Amy R.; Kim, Earnest S.; Lattal, K. Matthew – Learning & Memory, 2019
A fundamental property of extinction is that the behavior that is suppressed during extinction can be unmasked through a number of postextinction procedures. Of the commonly studied unmasking procedures (spontaneous recovery, reinstatement, contextual renewal, and rapid reacquisition), rapid reacquisition is the only approach that allows a direct…
Descriptors: Fear, Conditioning, Context Effect, Memory
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Garcia Moreno-Esteva, Enrique; Kervinen, Anttoni; Hannula, Markku S.; Uitto, Anna – Education Sciences, 2020
In this article we discuss, as a proof of concept, how a network model can be used to analyse gaze tracking data coming from a preliminary experiment carried out in a biodiversity education research project. We discuss the network model, a simple directed graph, used to represent the gaze tracking data in a way that is meaningful for the study of…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Biodiversity, Networks
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Hanisch, Susan; Eirdosh, Dustin – American Biology Teacher, 2021
Evolutionary anthropologists commonly describe humans as a highly cooperative species, based on our evolved socio-cognitive capacities. However, students and the general public may not necessarily share this view about our species. At the same time, fostering our ability to cooperate is considered a key foundation for achieving sustainable…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Biology, Science Instruction, Sustainable Development
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Baker, Mohammad A. Abu; Emerson, Sara E.; Brown, Joel S. – American Biology Teacher, 2015
We present a practical field exercise for ecology and animal behavior classes that can be carried out on campus, using urban wildlife. Students document an animal's feeding behavior to study its interactions with the surrounding environment. In this approach, an animal's feeding behavior is quantified at experimental food patches placed within its…
Descriptors: Biology, Ecology, Animal Behavior, Statistical Analysis
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