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Isabell K. Adler; Daniela Fiedler; Ute Harms – Science Education, 2024
Evolution is the integrative framework of the life sciences. Even though the topic is often not formally introduced before high school, young children already have various ideas about evolutionary principles (variation, inheritance, and selection) and their underlying key concepts (e.g., differential fitness, reproduction, and speciation).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Young Children, Heredity
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Beasley, Kimberley; Hesterman, Sandra; Lee-Hammond, Libby – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2022
Environmental education across the early years has become increasingly important in Australia since the implementation of the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum. These documents promote a connection to nature for young children as well as environmental responsibility. In Western Australia, large areas of natural…
Descriptors: Botany, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers
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Barrutia, Oihana; Díez, José Ramón – Journal of Biological Education, 2021
Plant nutrition is a complex subject at any educational level therefore, identification of student's ideas regarding this scientific concept is important in order to define the best instructional learning method. In this study, we conduct a cross-age comparison of the conceptual understanding of compulsory students and prospective elementary…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Preservice Teachers
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García-Fernández, Beatriz; Sobrino-Costoso, Carlos-Emeterio; Ruiz-Gallardo, José-Reyes – Research in Science Education, 2022
The research compares teachers' and their pupils' performance on plant nutrition. The misconceptions of 89 primary school children from one state school have been compared with those of their four teachers. A questionnaire and a drawing task were used for data collection. The results evidence that children and teachers have serious shortcomings…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Misconceptions, Scientific Concepts, Elementary School Students
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Faruhana, Abdullah; Asniza, Ishak Nor; Zohir, Ahmad Mohammad – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2022
Children worldwide are increasingly deprived of direct nature experiences (DNE). Often rooted in restrictions of urbanization and modernization, this loss may hamper biodiversity conservation through erosion of biodiversity knowledge. Yet, the extent of this phenomenon in small cities, particularly in rapidly developing islands, remains…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Biodiversity, Natural Resources, Outdoor Education
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Funda Gül Iri; Emine Cil – Science Educator, 2022
Plant blindness is defined as the inability to notice plants in one's own environment, recognize their importance for the environment and human beings, appreciate their aesthetic and unique biological features, and the tendency to rank plants as inferior to animals. Many people exhibit symptoms of plant blindness (Wandersee & Schussler, 1999).…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Books, Field Trips, Plants (Botany)
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Gamze Bulut; Zeynep Yüce – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 2024
Nearly 14 million species are estimated to exist on Earth, of which 1.8 million have been identified, and new species are being added to the world of science every day. Therefore, scientists are aware that there are still unidentified species living globally. Biodiversity is a wide concept encompassing all living things in our living space. This…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Knowledge Level, Biodiversity
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Andic, Branko; Cvijeticanin, Stanko; Maricic, Mirjana; Steševic, Danijela – Journal of Biological Education, 2019
The aim of the research is to examine the contribution of applying author-generated dichotomous keys (digital key - DDK and print key - DPK) to the quality and durability of the knowledge of eighth grade students about the "Systematic and classifications of plants (Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms)", as compared to…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Secondary School Science, Grade 8, Science Instruction
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Iskrenovic-Momcilovic, Olivera – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
The aim of the research is to examine the contribution of mobile application using in botanical fieldwork to the quality and durability of knowledge of the subject Nature and society compared to multimedia teaching in the fourth grade of primary school. The study involved 120 students, divided into two groups: control group, which taught on the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Control Groups, Grade 4, Handheld Devices
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Rajesh Ram – New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work, 2023
The world is changing: both a conventional and a vaccine passport are now needed to travel internationally. Mask mandates, and social distancing are the new norm in a rapidly changing society. These measures were put in place to control the spread of the highly infectious and often fatal COVID-19, caused by a viral agent, a microorganism, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biological Influences, Public Health, Communicable Diseases
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Jaun-Holderegger, Barbara; Lehnert, Hans-Joachim; Lindemann-Matthies, Petra – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
This study asked 241 primary children and their 13 teachers in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland, to identify 136 local plant and animal species, which were shown to them as pictures. Children's age, gender, and experiences with nature were recorded to test for associations with species knowledge. Teachers identified 52% of the plants and 61% of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Knowledge Level, Gender Differences, Plants (Botany)
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Pei, Xinning; Jin, Yinglian; Zheng, Tainian; Zhao, Jian – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
To understand the longitudinal effect of a technology-enhanced learning (TEL) environment with reflective guidance on sixth-grade students' learning in a photosynthesis unit in Shanghai, we designed a quasi-experimental longitudinal study with a pre-test and three post-tests, complemented by an examination of students' log data. Our findings show…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Grade 6, Educational Technology
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Stagg, Bethan C.; Verde, Michael F. – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2019
Background: Although plant reproduction is a core subject in school science curricula, botanical topics are typically unpopular with students. Integrating the arts into science subject matter has the potential to increase student interest and understanding. Educational theatre has shown particular promise in this area. Purpose: The study examined…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Plants (Botany), Interdisciplinary Approach, Theater Arts
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Lu, Hsin-Yun; Chien, Chin-Wen – Education 3-13, 2023
The study investigated the influence of the implementation of the local culture curriculum in an English Scenario Classroom on twenty Taiwanese sixth graders' environmental and vocabulary knowledge. The analysis of quantitative data (environmental and vocabulary knowledge pre- and posttests) and qualitative data (interviews and teaching…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grade 6
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Kaasinen, Arja – Education Sciences, 2019
Limited awareness about nature and its species can have a negative influence on children's relationship to nature. Plant species recognition and outdoor education are perhaps the easiest way to approach nature relationships and increase knowledge. Unfortunately, it has been shown that people do not recognize plant species very well. This…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Identification, Age Differences, Elementary School Students
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