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Liane Becker; Daniel C. Dreesmann – American Biology Teacher, 2024
This case study examines students' perception, motivation, and learning gain of a teaching unit featuring wireless sensors as tools to collect scientific data in the classroom. Students analyze data using the corresponding cellphone app, communicate findings to the class, and learn about a changing environment. Wireless sensors are produced for…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Ecology, Educational Technology
Metzger, Kelsey J.; Yowler, Joanna Yang – American Biology Teacher, 2019
The processes of mitosis and meiosis are oft-cited and long-standing examples of concepts that are difficult for students to learn and understand. While there are many examples in the literature of "how-to-do-it," innovative instructional approaches for teaching mitosis and meiosis, publications that include measurement of learning gains…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Teaching Methods, Biology, Genetics
Schauer, Alexandria; Cotner, Sehoya; Moore, Randy – American Biology Teacher, 2014
Students regard evolutionary theory differently than science in general. Students' reported confidence in their ability to understand science in general (e.g., posing scientific questions, interpreting tables and graphs, and understanding the content of their biology course) significantly outweighed their confidence in understanding evolution. We…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Evolution, Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts
Stanger-Hall, Kathrin F.; Wenner, Julianne A. – American Biology Teacher, 2014
We assessed the performance of students with a self-reported conflict between their religious belief and the theory of evolution in two sections of a large introductory biology course (N = 373 students). Student performance was measured through pretest and posttest evolution essays and multiple- choice (MC) questions (evolution-related and…
Descriptors: Evolution, Religion, Conflict, Beliefs
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Esbenshade, Donald H., Jr. – American Biology Teacher, 1993
Presents insights into the depth and importance of religious issues for students in science classes. Among the findings are that 69% of surveyed private academy students interested in a science career indicated that personal faith could affect their career choice. (PR)
Descriptors: Biology, Career Choice, College Science, High Schools
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Buttles, Sunny – American Biology Teacher, 1992
Describes the effects of one computer program used in a nonmajors biology course to provide a model for implementing and validating the use of software programs that incorporate tutorials with laboratory simulations. (Contains 27 references.) (MDH)
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation