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Making an Impression: What Do Students Who Attended an Informal Evolution Enrichment Program in the Sixth-Grade Recall from the Experience 3 Years Later?
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Nesimyan-Agadi, Dina; Assaraf, Orit Ben Zvi – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2022
Informal learning environments such as Natural History Museums can introduce visitors to a variety of topics in evolution by providing accessible representations of concepts like geological time, evolutionary mechanisms, biological diversity, geological time, and fossil dating. Our study examined sixth-grade students' conceptualization of…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Extracurricular Activities, Enrichment Activities, Authentic Learning
Framing Evolution Discussion Intellectually
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Oliveira, Alandeom W.; Cook, Kristin; Buck, Gayle A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
This study examines how a first-year biology teacher facilitates a series of whole-class discussions about evolution during the implementation of a problem-based unit. A communicative theoretical perspective is adopted wherein evolution discussions are viewed as social events that the teacher can frame intellectually (i.e., present or organize as…
Descriptors: Evolution, Social Structure, Biology, Discussion (Teaching Technique)