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Direct linkAppleton, Luke; Mackie, Joshua – American Biology Teacher, 2019
We review software for exploring biological evolution from a fun and educational perspective. Our goal is to provide a background explanation of the methods used, terminology, and user experience, and learning outcomes of desktop and mobile evolutionary simulators. Freeware and commercial programs are detailed, with a discussion of how certain…
Descriptors: Evolution, Genetics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Heiphetz, Larisa; Lane, Jonathan D.; Waytz, Adam; Young, Liane L. – Cognitive Science, 2016
For centuries, humans have contemplated the minds of gods. Research on religious cognition is spread across sub-disciplines, making it difficult to gain a complete understanding of how people reason about gods' minds. We integrate approaches from cognitive, developmental, and social psychology and neuroscience to illuminate the origins of…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Religion, Beliefs
Kampourakis, Kostas; Minelli, Alessandro – American Biology Teacher, 2014
We highlight some important conceptual issues that biologists should take into account when teaching evolutionary biology or communicating it to the public. We first present conclusions from conceptual development research on how particular human intuitions, namely design teleology and psychological essentialism, influence the understanding of…
Descriptors: Evolution, Biology, Science Instruction, Intuition
Ohlsson, Stellan – Educational Psychologist, 2009
The three commentaries on the resubsumption theory highlight three key ideas: that the term "conceptual change", as commonly used, is ambiguous between "change in the meaning of a concept" and "change in what someone believes"; that there are multiple routes to successful learning of conceptual subject matters; and that the noticing of a…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Beliefs, Evolution, Evaluation
Asterhan, Christa S. C.; Schwarz, Baruch B. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
In this study, the effects of argumentation-eliciting interventions on conceptual understanding in evolution were investigated. Two experiments were conducted: In the 1st, 76 undergraduates were randomly assigned to dyads to collaboratively solve and answer items on evolution; half of them were instructed to conduct an argumentative discussion,…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Evolution, College Students, Experiments
Poling, Devereaux A.; Evans, E. Margaret – Cognitive Development, 2004
The development of concepts of individual death and species extinction were examined in two studies. Sixty-eight, 4- to 9-year-old children and their parents participated in Study 1. Although preschoolers had some understanding of the concept of death, the ability to explain death and extinction improved over the school-age years. However, all age…
Descriptors: Biology, Death, Parents, Children
