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Performative Bundles: How Teaching Narratives and Academic Language Build Mental Models of Mechanisms
Science learning requires students to build new mental models of imperceptible mechanisms (photosynthesis, circadian rhythms, atmospheric pressure,...
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Bewertungskompetenz in Biologieschulbüchern: Eine integrativ-inhaltsanalytische Untersuchung von Schulbuchaufgaben für die Sekundarstufe I
Biology teachers complain about a lack of teaching material to promote bioethical competence of their students. Textbooks should contain appropriate...
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An Integrated Approach to Communicating and Practicing Science
Though specialisation in a particular area of research is the hall mark of progress, communicating science at an elementary level should present...
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Virtual Dissection: an Educational Technology to Enrich Medical Students' Learning Environment in Gastrointestinal Anatomy Course
BackgroundVirtual dissection provides a digital experience of medical images to visualize anatomy on touchscreen tables. This study aimed to...
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Teaching Intervention in a Marine Biology Course: The Case of Greek Vocational Students
The aim of this study was (a) to estimate 24 vocational students’ knowledge on a specific principle of ocean literacy, which concerns the great...
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Biology Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Working Environment in the Context of China’s Educational Reform
The primary purpose of this study was to explore teachers’ perceptions of their working conditions and workplace learning. An instrument Science...
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A Textbook Analysis to Uncover the Hidden Contributors of Science and Mathematics
Science and mathematics are universal endeavors. However, the historical perspective of science and mathematics has been westernized across the...
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An investigation into the curriculum ideology that foregrounds the presentation of HIV/AIDS content in selected South Africa Life Sciences textbooks
BackgroundResearch suggests that the South African school curriculum, including subjects such as Life Sciences, may be failing to address students’...
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Exploring the Inclusion of Nature of Science in Biology Curriculum and High-Stakes Assessments in Hong Kong
Nature of science (NOS) has become one of the major emphases in curriculum and assessment. This study explores what NOS is included and how this is...
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Augmented Reality Smart Glasses: Why Do Students Prefer to Use Them in Learning?
The issue of the acceptance of augmented reality smart glasses (ARSGs) in education has not been adequately investigated as research activity has not...
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The Future of College Textbook Publishing
It was apparent by 2022 and 2023 that the entire college textbook industry, publishers and bookstores, continued to have certain advantages. These...
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Biology education research: building integrative frameworks for teaching and learning about living systems
This critical review examines the challenges and opportunities facing the field of Biology Education Research (BER). Ongoing disciplinary...
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Perception of Biological Disciplines by Upper Secondary School Students
We examined how upper secondary school students perceive the usefulness and difficulty of biology disciplines. Czech students (N = 192) from three...
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Nature of Science in Norway’s Recent Curricula Reform
Develo** students’ understanding of the nature of science (NOS) is seen as critical for educating scientifically literate citizens, and has emerged...
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Spatial supports for comparison in educational science images
Images, such as photographs and diagrams, play an important role in the teaching and learning of science. To optimize student learning, educational...
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Should We Give Peas a Chance? An Argument for a Mendel-Free Biology Curriculum
Most students are taught Mendelian genetics in school. However, the usual representation of the relationship between traits and genes, as well as the...
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Images of Scientists in Textbooks Aimed at Students in Need of Supplemental Support – An Analysis of Adjustments
The inclusion of Nature of Science (NOS) perspectives in science teaching (including broad and nuanced images of scientists) has been suggested as a...
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Didactics of Science in Latin America
In this chapter, I critically examine some outstanding aspects of the “state of the art” of didactics of (natural or experimental) science in Latin...
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Poetry in Biology: Enhancing Science Education with Creative Writing
Since College Biology is the gateway to further studies in life and health sciences, it is crucial for students to understand the disciplinary...
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Animation Construction as Cross-Modal Translation in Senior Biology
Biology texts are expressed in sophisticated grammatical forms dealing with nested entities, sequences and a variety of devices linking image with...