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Yesilyurt, Ezgi; Oztekin, Ceren; Cakiroglu, Jale; Deniz, Hasan – Journal of Biological Education, 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore science teachers' conceptions about micro-and macro-evolutionary processes. In this study, a case study was employed to compare and contrast novice and experienced middle school science teachers' evolution conceptions. The data were collected using four micro-and macro-evolutionary scenarios alongside…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Experienced Teachers, Females, Middle School Teachers
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Wyner, Yael; Doherty, Jennifer H. – Journal of Biological Education, 2021
Even highly urban environments are settings for outdoor learning of local biodiversity, for they contain easily accessible street tree diversity that students walk pass daily. This study uses pre/post assessments and a tree observation curriculum grounded in scientific observation practice to understand the everyday and scientific tree observation…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Urban Environment, Public Schools
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Fancovicová, Jana – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2019
Understanding of evolution helps solve biological problems in areas that affect our lives. One of the ways of adopting the concept of evolution leads through a conceptual change. We investigated whether inductively prepared educational activities, focused on evolution, have the potential to create conceptual changes in students' conceptual…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Evolution, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation