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Cotner, Sehoya; Graczyk, Hannah; Rodríguez Garcia, José Luis; Moore, Randy – Journal of Biological Education, 2016
In June 2013, the third World Evolution Summit convened on San Cristóbal, hosting scientists from around the world (Paz-y-Miño-C and Espinosa 2013)--neither the first nor likely the last gathering of biologists on these remote islands. Clearly, both locals and an international audience perceive Galápagos as figuring prominently in discourse about…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biology, Evolution, Science Teachers
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Zervanos, Stam. M.; McLaughlin, Jacqueline S. – American Biology Teacher, 2003
Biodiversity is the extraordinary variety of life in this planet. In order to be fully appreciated, biodiversity needs to be experienced firsthand, or "experientially." Thus, the standard classroom lecture format is not the ideal situation for teaching biodiversity and evolutionary concepts, in that student interest and understanding are…
Descriptors: Evolution, Web Based Instruction, Student Interests, Ecology