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50 Years of ERIC
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The Development of a Curriculum Monopoly in Australian Secondary Schools: Biological Science: The Web of Life. 1. Origins and Spread.
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Lucas, A. M. – Journal of Biological Education, 1980
Describes the origin of "The Web of Life," as an Australian adaptation of the BSCS materials. Reviews various aspects of the influence of these materials on Australian secondary school biology since 1964. (CS)
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum Development, Science Course Improvement Projects, Science Curriculum
Pupils' Meanings for 'Mutation'.
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Albaladejo, Carme; Lucas, A. M. – Journal of Biological Education, 1988
Reports on some potential teaching problems associated with children's scientific ideas about the concept of mutation. Provides information on the sample, methodology of study, and analysis. Concludes that in biology teaching the treatment of the concept must ensure that its genetic sense is specifically delineated. (RT)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Biology, Evolution, Foreign Countries
Putting Biology Students Out to Grass: the Nettlecombe Experiment After Thirteen Years.
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Crothers, J. H.; Lucas, A. M. – Journal of Biological Education, 1982
The importance of examining both the natural history of organisms being investigated and numerical data from long-term field experiments is illustrated by describing a long-running field experiment at an English Field Study Council Centre. Sample results are discussed and alternative methods of using field studies in biology instruction are…
Descriptors: Biology, Ecology, High Schools, Longitudinal Studies
The Teaching of "Adaptation"
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Lucas, A. M. – Journal of Biological Education, 1971
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Biology, Discourse Analysis, Evolution
An Assessment of Audio-Tutorial Teaching of a Plant Physiology Course
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Marinos, N. G.; Lucas, A. M. – Journal of Biological Education, 1971
Audio-tutorial instruction is at least as effective as lecture-laboratory teaching, and negative retention span. (AL)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Biology, College Science, Comparative Analysis