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Direct linkDavidson, Yonaton Sahar – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Recent research supports the benefit of students' construction of relevance through writing about the connection of content to their life. However, most such research defines relevance narrowly as utility value--perceived instrumentality of the content to the student's career goals. Furthermore, the scope of phenomenological and conceptual…
Descriptors: Biology, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, Phenomenology
Sota, Melinda – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Analogies play significant roles in communication as well as in problem solving and model building in science domains. Analogies have also been incorporated into several different instructional strategies--most notably in science domains where the concepts and principles to be learned are abstract or complex. Although several instructional models…
Descriptors: Evolution, Logical Thinking, Concept Formation, Science Instruction
Andrews, Tessa Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation examined natural selection in westslope cutthroat trout ("Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi") and undergraduate learning in the subject area natural selection. Translocation--moving individuals to a new habitat to establish, re-establish or supplement a population--is a crucial management strategy for cutthroat trout. One of…
Descriptors: Evolution, Animals, Undergraduate Study, Science Instruction
Howarth, Richard T. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is considered to be the unifying theory for all life sciences (American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS, 1990; National Academy of Sciences, 1998; National Research Council, NRC, 1996; National Science Teachers Association, NSTA, 2010a) and as such, the biology topic has been…
Descriptors: Evolution, Comparative Analysis, Teacher Surveys, Biology
Randle, David Edward – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This mixed-methods study examined the interactions and learning outcomes of science teachers in an online graduate-level course on evolutionary biology intended to improve their content knowledge and science lesson planning. Discussion posts made by the teachers in this seven-week course were analyzed for cognitive presence using the Community of…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Science Teachers, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship
Lewis, Anna – ProQuest LLC, 2008
This study examined science textbooks over time to better understand the "science content" expectations that the U.S. educational system deems appropriate for 8th and 9th grade science students. The study attempted to answer the questions: (1) What specific science content has been presented via the textbook from 1952 to 2008? (2) Within…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Grade 9, Comparative Analysis, Physics
