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ERIC Number: EJ586666
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
Biotechnologies as a Context for Enhancing Junior High-School Students' Ability to Ask Meaningful Questions about Abstract Biological Processes.
Olsher, G.; Dreyfus, A.
International Journal of Science Education, v21 n2 p137-53 Feb 1999
Suggests a new approach to teaching about biochemical cellular processes by stimulating student interest in those biochemical processes that allowed for the outcomes of modern biotechnologies. Discusses the development of students' ability to ask meaningful questions about intra-cellular processes, and the resulting meaningful learning of relevant biological concepts. Contains 27 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Cytology, Foreign Countries, Learning Motivation, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Israel