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Magne Husby; Tove Anita Fiskum; Boris Belchev; Taulant Bino; Iordan Hristov; Oskars Keišs; Hanna Kuzyo; Veronika Samotskaya; Marko Šciban; Iva Šoštaric – Journal of Biological Education, 2025
Biology education worldwide at different levels involves learning to identify plants and animals in nature. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a teaching and learning method for bird identification that combines active outdoor fieldwork with active online learning, testing the validity of our instrument. Altogether, 798…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Animals, Wildlife, Identification
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Maker, C. June; Pease, Randy – Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 2021
Real Engagement in Active Problem Solving (REAPS) is an evidence-based model for building on and extending the characteristics of gifted learners, enabling them to develop their exceptional talents. The purposes of this study were to (a) identify teachers who implemented the method at a high level of fidelity and (b) describe their ways of…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Active Learning, Problem Solving, Teaching Models
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Palmberg, Irmeli; Berg, Ida; Jeronen, Eila; Kärkkäinen, Sirpa; Norrgård-Sillanpää, Pia; Persson, Christel; Vilkonis, Rytis; Yli-Panula, Eija – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2015
Knowledge of species, interest in nature, and nature experiences are the factors that best promote interest in and understanding of environmental issues, biodiversity and sustainable life. The aim of this study is to investigate how well student teachers identify common local species, their interest in and ideas about species identification, and…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Plants (Botany), Animals, Identification