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Direct linkWagler, Ron; Wagler, Amy – Science Teacher, 2019
The primary learning objectives of this "Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS; NGSS Lead States 2013) aligned activity is to help high school biology students experience firsthand the role of replication in scientific inquiry and food preference as a behavioral reproductive trait of the Madagascar hissing cockroach. The secondary…
Descriptors: High School Students, Secondary School Science, Biology, Entomology
Wagler, Amy; Wagler, Ron – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2014
Understanding the roles of random selection and random assignment in experimental design is a central learning objective in most introductory statistics courses. This article describes an activity, appropriate for a high school or introductory statistics course, designed to teach the concepts, values and pitfalls of random selection and assignment…
Descriptors: Statistics, High Schools, Secondary School Mathematics, College Mathematics
Download full textWagler, Ron; Wagler, Amy – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2013
Human negativity toward arthropods has been well documented but the factors that contribute to this negativity have been elusive. This study explored knowledge of arthropod carnivory and herbivory as possible casual factors that contribute to the negative tendencies preservice elementary teachers have toward most arthropods. Specifically, this…
Descriptors: Student Teacher Attitudes, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Science Education
Wagler, Ron; Wagler, Amy – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2012
This study investigated if the external morphology of an insect had a negative effect on United States (US) preservice elementary teacher's attitudes toward insects and beliefs concerning the likelihood of incorporating insects into future science education settings. 270 US kindergarten through sixth grade preservice elementary teachers…
Descriptors: Entomology, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Student Attitudes
Wagler, Amy; Wagler, Ron – Science Teacher, 2014
Every high school graduate should be able to use data analysis and statistical reasoning to draw conclusions about the world. Two core statistical concepts for students to understand are the role of variability in measures and evaluating the effect of a variable. In the activity presented in this article, students investigate a scientific question…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Inferences
Wagler, Ron; Wagler, Amy – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2011
Invertebrates perform many beneficial and essential ecological services for humans. Despite this, the general public tends to view them negatively. Preservice elementary teachers often find themselves in a tenuous position because they possess the same negativity toward invertebrates as the general public but have been commissioned by United…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Control Groups, Preservice Teachers, State Standards
