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Cartier, Jennifer L.; Stewart, Jim; Zoellner, Brian – American Biology Teacher, 2006
In this article, the authors discuss their belief in organizing curricula around sets of causal models in order to provide students with opportunities not only to learn about the subject matter of particular disciplines, but also about how scientific knowledge is generated and justified. They describe a nine-week genetics course for high school…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Curriculum Development, Genetics, Science Education
Passmore, Cynthia; Stewart, Jim; Zoellner, Brian – American Biology Teacher, 2005
When students are given opportunities to use their knowledge to explain interesting and appropriate evolutionary phenomena, their potential for understanding evolutionary concepts increases. In this article, the authors describe a nine-week high school evolutionary biology course designed to engage students in using Darwin's natural selection…
Descriptors: Biology, Evolution, High School Students, Scientific Concepts