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50 Years of ERIC
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Misconceptions Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
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Leonard, Mary J.; Kalinowski, Steven T.; Andrews, Tessa C. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2014
A recent essay in "CBE-Life Sciences Education" criticized biology education researchers' use of the term "misconceptions" and recommended that, in order to be up-to-date with education research, biology education researchers should use alternative terms for students' incorrect ideas in science. We counter that…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Biology, Educational Research, Hypothesis Testing
Six Classroom Exercises to Teach Natural Selection to Undergraduate Biology Students
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Kalinowski, Steven T.; Leonard, Mary J.; Andrews, Tessa M.; Litt, Andrea R. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2013
Students in introductory biology courses frequently have misconceptions regarding natural selection. In this paper, we describe six activities that biology instructors can use to teach undergraduate students in introductory biology courses how natural selection causes evolution. These activities begin with a lesson introducing students to natural…
Descriptors: Evolution, Undergraduate Students, Biology, Science Instruction
Are Africans, Europeans, and Asians Different "Races"? A Guided-Inquiry Lab for Introducing Undergraduate Students to Genetic Diversity and Preparing Them to Study Natural Selection
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Kalinowski, Steven T.; Andrews, Tessa M.; Leonard, Mary J.; Snodgrass, Meagan – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2012
Many students do not recognize that individual organisms within populations vary, and this may make it difficult for them to recognize the essential role variation plays in natural selection. Also, many students have weak scientific reasoning skills, and this makes it difficult for them to recognize misconceptions they might have. This paper…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Genetics, Laboratories, Biodiversity
Nothing in Evolution Makes Sense Except in the Light of DNA
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Kalinowski, Steven T.; Leonard, Mary J.; Andrews, Tessa M. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
Natural selection is one of the most important concepts for biology students to understand, but students frequently have misconceptions regarding how natural selection operates. Many of these misconceptions, such as a belief in "Lamarckian" evolution, are based on a misunderstanding of inheritance. In this essay, we argue that evolution…
Descriptors: Genetics, Biology, Misconceptions, Evolution