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Ben-Nun, Michal Stolarsky; Yarden, Anat – Journal of Biological Education, 2009
Learning modern genetics is challenging and students have difficulty acquiring a coherent cognitive mental model of abstract concepts such as DNA, bacteria and enzymes. Here we investigated students' mental models of genetics through analysis and interpretation of the discourse that took place while high-school students practised hands-on…
Descriptors: Genetics, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Laboratory Experiments
Spiegel, Carolina N.; Alves, Gutemberg G.; Cardona, Tania da S.; Melim, Leandra M. C.; Luz, Mauricio R. M. P.; Araujo-Jorge, Tania C.; Henriques-Pons, Andrea – Journal of Biological Education, 2008
The role of games within education becomes clearer as students become more active and are able to take decisions, solve problems and react to the results of those decisions. The educational board game "Discovering the Cell" ("Celula Adentro"), is based on problem-solving learning. This investigative game attempts to stimulate…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Educational Games, Molecular Biology, Foreign Countries
Ekborg, Margareta – Journal of Biological Education, 2008
This paper presents results from a study with the following research questions: (a) are pupils' opinions on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) influenced by biology teaching; and (b) what is important for the opinion pupils hold and how does knowledge work together with other parameters such as values? 64 pupils in an upper secondary school…
Descriptors: Opinions, Genetics, Biology, Questionnaires
Henderson, Danielle; Stanisstreet, Martin; Boyes, Edward – Journal of Biological Education, 2007
This paper describes the results of a questionnaire survey of UK Year 3 biology undergraduates' career aspirations, and their perceptions of employment in teaching, research and conservation. Although most students sought material benefits in their potential careers, even more wished to gain job satisfaction. None of the careers in biology was…
Descriptors: Careers, Biology, Occupational Aspiration, Questionnaires
Yip, Din Yan; Cheung, Derek – Journal of Biological Education, 2005
The Teacher Assessment Scheme (TAS) is a form of school-based assessment that has recently replaced the external practical examination in AL Biology of Hong Kong. This study aimed at understanding the problems encountered by teachers in implementing this innovation. Over 300 teachers expressed their concern about different aspects of the TAS in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Resource Materials, Educational Assessment
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Frid, Christopher L. J. – Journal of Biological Education, 1991
Explains the concept of environmental auditing as analogous to financial auditing, as manifested through the six guiding principles of environmental excellence, and as utilized by industrial and commercial interests. Presents a questionnaire-based method to introduce students to the techniques involved in environmental auditing. (seven references)…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Environmental Education, Environmental Standards, Learning Strategies
Willmott, Christopher J. R.; Wellens, Jane – Journal of Biological Education, 2004
There is growing awareness of the need to equip students to think through the ethical implications of developments in biology. We describe an exercise in which students work in teams to produce websites about current controversial issues within the subject. Participants report a significant improvement in their knowledge of bioethics and…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Ethics, Biology, Web Sites
Teachers' Journal Club: Bridging between the Dynamics of Biological Discoveries and Biology Teachers
Brill, Gilat; Falk, Hedda; Yarden, Anat – Journal of Biological Education, 2003
Since biology is one of the most dynamic research fields within the natural sciences, the gap between the accumulated knowledge in biology and the knowledge that is taught in schools, increases rapidly with time. Our long-term objective is to develop means to bridge between the dynamics of biological discoveries and the biology teachers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Clubs, Biology