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Whitenack, Lisa B.; Drew, Joshua A. – Journal of Biological Education, 2019
Given the importance of phylogenetic trees to understanding common ancestry and evolution, they are a necessary part of the undergraduate biology curriculum. However, a number of common misconceptions, such as reading across branch tips and understanding homoplasy, can pose difficulties in student understanding. Students also may take phylogenetic…
Descriptors: Evolution, Genetics, Paleontology, Biology
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Babaian, Caryn; Kumar, Sudhir – American Biology Teacher, 2020
Evolutionary evidence is important scientific background for appreciating the theory of evolution. We describe a STEAM-based lesson plan that uses paleontological drawings and a modern evolutionary database to explore and understand fossil, morphological, and molecular evidence. Together, with a focus on arthropods and the Cambrian explosion,…
Descriptors: Molecular Biology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Evolution
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Soja, Constance M. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2018
In an introductory geology course on vertebrate fossils, a new object-based classroom exercise was designed to enhance students' appreciation for evidence of evolution as a "tinkering" process, specifically in modern organisms with which everyone is familiar. During the dissection of a popular college late-night snack (barbeque-style…
Descriptors: Geology, Teaching Methods, Paleontology, Laboratory Procedures
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Moran, Sean; McLaughlin, Cheryl; MacFadden, Bruce; Jacobbe, Elizabeth; Poole, Michael – Science and Children, 2015
Many young learners are fascinated with fossils, particularly charismatic forms such as dinosaurs and giant sharks. Fossils provide tangible, objective evidence of life that lived millions of years ago. They also provide a timescale of evolution not typically appreciated by young learners. Fossils and the science of paleontology can, therefore,…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Paleontology, Guidelines, Science Instruction
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Catley, Kefyn M.; Novick, Laura R. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
Some ability to comprehend deep time is a prerequisite for understanding macroevolution. This study examines students' knowledge of deep time in the context of seven major historical and evolutionary events (e.g., the age of the Earth, the emergence of life, the appearance of a pre-modern human, "Homo habilis"). The subjects were 126…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Paleontology, Biology, Evolution
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DeSantis, Larisa R. G. – American Biology Teacher, 2009
Antibiotic resistance, genetically modified produce, avian flu, and invasive species persistence are just a few scientific issues pulled from the headlines that affect society on a daily basis. Understanding these issues requires knowledge of evolutionary processes. Educating students about evolution may never have been as necessary as it is…
Descriptors: Evolution, Paleontology, Biological Sciences, Science Process Skills
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Naples, Virginia L.; Miller, Jon S. – Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 2009
Understanding homology is fundamental to learning about evolution. The present study shows an exercise that can be varied in complexity, for which students compile research illustrating the fate of homologous fish skull elements, and assemble a mural to serve as a learning aid. The skull of the most primitive living Actinopterygian (bony fish),…
Descriptors: Evolution, Fundamental Concepts, Animals, Anatomy
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DeSilva, Jeremy – American Biology Teacher, 2004
Paleoanthropology, which is the study of human evolution through fossil records, can be used as a tool for teaching human evolution in the classrooms. An updated approach to teaching human evolution and a model for explaining what is science and how it is done, is presented.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Evolution, Classroom Techniques, Science Instruction
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Dodick, Jeff – McGill Journal of Education, 2007
This paper focuses on a learning strategy designed to overcome students' difficulty in understanding evolutionary change within the framework of geological time. Incorporated into the learning program "From Dinosaurs to Darwin: Evolution from the Perspective of Time," this strategy consists of four scaffolded investigations in which…
Descriptors: Evolution, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Dodick, Jeff; Orion, Nir – American Biology Teacher, 2003
Discusses challenges faced in the teaching and learning of evolution. Presents a curricular program and a case study on evolutionary biology. Investigates students' conceptual knowledge after exposure to the program "From Dinosaurs to Darwin," which focuses on fossil records as evidence of evolution. (Contains 32 references.) (YDS)
Descriptors: Biology, Evolution, Foreign Countries, High Schools
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Bizzo, Nelio; Bizzo, Luis Eduardo Maestrelli – Journal of Biological Education, 2006
Considering geological time as an important epistemological obstacle to the construction of ideas on biological evolution, a study was carried out on the so-called "Darwin Papers". The conclusion was that Charles Darwin's excursion in the Andes during March-April 1835 was a crucial step in this regard. An expedition was carried out in…
Descriptors: Evolution, Teaching Methods, Biology, Foreign Countries
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Hageman, Steven James – Journal of Geological Education, 1989
Describes exercises in which tabs from aluminum beverage cans are used to introduce principles of classification, biostratigraphy, and evolution. Provides diagrams which represent dorsal and ventral views of species and a table which graphs units of time in relation to species duration. (RT)
Descriptors: Classification, College Science, Earth Science, Evolution
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Gipps, John – Journal of Biological Education, 1991
Proposes the use of a series of 11 casts of fossil skulls as a method of teaching about the theory of human evolution. Students explore the questions of which skulls are "human" and which came first in Homo Sapien development, large brain or upright stance. (MDH)
Descriptors: Anatomy, Biology, Evolution, Higher Education
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Scotchmoor, Judy; Janulaw, Al – Science Teacher, 2005
While many states are facing challenges to the teaching of evolution in their science classrooms, the University of California Museum of Paleontology, working with the National Center for Science Education, has developed a useful web-based resource for science teachers of all grade- and experience-levels. Understanding Evolution (UE) was developed…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Paleontology, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Effectiveness
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Stokes, William Lee – Journal of Geological Education, 1989
Discusses books and materials published by creationist organizations to promote creation-science interpretations on the demise of the dinosaur. Compares many creationist theories with current evolution theories and geological records. (MVL)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Biological Influences, Biology, Childrens Literature
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