What sorts of worlds do we live in nowadays? Teaching biology in a post-modern age. [PDF]
, 2001 Most historians of science, sociologists of science, philosophers of science and science educators now accept that there is no such thing as 'the scientific method'.
Reiss, Michael, Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale
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Avoidance Strategies as a Result of Linguistic Overload in Biology Class
Orbis Scholae, 2018 Studies in the field of second-language-learners in German showed that students apply different strategies if they are exposed to a linguistic overload in school. These strategies very often result in behaviour of avoidance.
Bernhard Müllner, Martin Scheuch
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MACBenAbim: A Multi-platform Mobile Application for searching keyterms in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics [PDF]
, 2012 Computational biology and bioinformatics are gradually gaining grounds in Africa and other developing nations of the world. However, in these countries, some of the challenges of computational biology and bioinformatics education are inadequate ...
Adewumi, A. O. +2 more
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Interactive learning in biology with PhotoCD and associated software [PDF]
, 1995 This paper describes the pioneering development of flexible‐learning courseware in the teaching and learning of cell biology using a novel optical disk‐based technology — PhotoCD — and its associated computer software.
Baggott, Linda, Wright, Bruce
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The RCSB Protein Data Bank: views of structural biology for basic and applied research and education. [PDF]
, 2014 The RCSB Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB, http://www.rcsb.org) provides access to 3D structures of biological macromolecules and is one of the leading resources in biology and biomedicine worldwide.
Berman, Helen M +14 more
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Courses perceived difficult by undergraduate students majoring in biology
Biosfer, 2018 Some previous reports inform many students having learning difficulties on some science subjects. The purpose of this study is to map the courses considered difficult by undergraduate students majoring in Biology.
Ahmad Fauzi, Anisa Fariantika
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Assessment of Biology Majors’ Versus Nonmajors’ Views on Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design [PDF]
, 2008 The controversy around evolution, creationism, and intelligent design resides in a historical struggle between scientific knowledge and popular belief.
Espinosa, Avelina +1 more
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Insects, 2018 Many insects are threatened with extinction, which in the case of pollinating insects could lead to declining pollination services and reduced ecosystem biodiversity. This necessitates rethinking how we deal with nature in general.
Anne-Kathrin Sieg +2 more
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Biology Education Research 2.0 [PDF]
CBE—Life Sciences Education, 2015 Biology education research (BER) 2.0 has arrived, and is moving the BER community beyond showing that active learning works to understanding the individual and contextual factors that explain and influence biology teaching and learning.
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Acceptance of Evolution Increases with Student Academic Level: A Comparison Between a Secular and a Religious College [PDF]
, 2009 Acceptance of evolution among the general public, high schools, teachers, and scientists has been documented in the USA; little is known about college students’ views on evolution; this population is relevant since it transits from a high-school/parent ...
Espinosa, Avelina +1 more
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