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Teaching and learning about the biological evolution: Conceptual understanding before, during and after teaching.
(Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 2001)This study is part of a project with the main purpose of developing a teaching-learning sequence that enables the students to construct a scientific model of the biological evolution. Another purpose is to document the ... -
Research-based teaching about biological evolution
(Ecole National de Formation Agronomique (ENFA), 2003)This paper reports an attempt to design a teaching-learning sequence in which the students are stimulated to construct a scientific model of evolution, and to use this model in various contexts. Theoretical reflection, ... -
Learning biological evolution during assessment – exploring the use of an interactive database-driven internet application.
(Patras University Press, 2005)The overall purpose of our research is to study how students develop understanding of scientific theories, in this study the theory of biological evolution by natural selection. Taking students' preconceptions as the ... -
One year after teaching - How consistent are students in using the scientific theory of biological evolution by natural selection?
(University of London, 2008)A teaching-learning sequence about the theory of biological evolution was developed by linking theoretical reflection, instructional design and classroom research in a cyclic process. Altogether 79 students participated ... -
Enhancing formal learning in informal learning settings – Considerations for teachers and guides
(Centre for Science and Mathematics Education, University of Southern Denmark, 2008)An encounter with a phenomenon in a science center exhibit can provoke many questions and discussions among the visitors. Interaction with a guide can enhance the experience and help the visitors develop a deeper ... -
Phenomenographic perspectives on the learning experience and process in higher education physics
(University of Cape Town, 2008)The focus of phenomenographic research has been the experience of learning (Marton & Säljö, 1976a; Marton & Säljö, 1976b; Säljö, 1979; Marton et al., 1984/1997; Booth, 1997; Marton & Booth, 1997; Pang, 2003). Drawing on ... -
Compulsory School Curricula of South Africa (RNCS, 2002) and Sweden (Lpo94)
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Curriculum Reform and Life Orientation Education
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Using research to activate university teacher training
(Universidad Nacional, Facultad de Ingeniería & Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Ingeniería , Ediciones Uniandes, 2008)In this debate paper the authors report on a project aimed at making selected data from research more quickly available to engineering educators. The educators involved are participants in pedagogical courses that they ...