期刊： AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER, 2021; 83 (5)
Crosscutting concepts (CCCs) are superordinate in the scientific concept system, common across disciplines, and very abstract. These characteristics, ......
期刊： AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER, 2021; 83 (1)
Students need procedural understanding-that is, knowledge of the procedures that scientists use to establish scientific evidence (also known as "conce......
期刊： AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER, 2020; 82 (5)
A physical eye model made of a water balloon and a convex lens is described. It can be used to model how an image is formed in the eye as well as shor......
期刊： AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER, 2020; 82 (1)
Infectious diseases are a major threat to humans, and finding sources of infection is therefore an important task. We designed a website to help teach......
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This article describes an easily made physical lung model for teaching about lung ventilation. It has rectified some major shortcomings of the bell-ja......
期刊： AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER, 2019; 81 (9)
Students often bring to biology classrooms ideas that are not in line with scientific thought. Simply telling students that their ideas are wrong does......
期刊： AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER, 2019; 81 (9)
A lesson plan is a design problem for a teacher. The desired solution to this problem is to design an instructional process that can guide students in......
期刊： AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER, 2019; 81 (2)
Active-learning approaches can improve understanding of core biological concepts. We describe a revised hands-on simulation for teaching evolution by ......
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In recent years, accreditation standards for international engineering education have led to a dramatic rise in the use of outcome-based education at ......
期刊： AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER, 2018; 80 (5)
The study adapts Anfinsen's Nobel-winning experiment of protein folding into biology investigation for secondary and college students. This experiment......
期刊： AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER, 2018; 80 (7)
An international group of biology education researchers offer their views on areas of scholarship that might positively impact our understanding of te......
期刊： AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER, 2017; 79 (2)
Evolutionary trees are powerful tools used in modern biological research, and commonly used in textbooks and classroom instruction. Studies have shown......
