PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Arboreta bridge people and nature while conserving tree biodiversity, supporting climate resilience, and advancing environmental education. This study maps over a century of available and indexed arboretum research, uncovering trends, knowledge gaps, and opportunities for collaboration.
Catarina Patoilo Teixeira +1 more
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Curriculum Alignment with Vision and Change Improves Student Scientific Literacy. [PDF]
CBE Life Sci Educ, 2017 Auerbach AJ, Schussler EE.
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Introducing Epigenetics Into Secondary School Classrooms—An Educational Design Study
Science Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although epigenetics represents an emerging field of biological research with a potentially large influence on society as well as conceptual implications on how genetics is understood, it is often not a part of the biology education provided at secondary schools.
Karin Thörne +2 more
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Lower secondary school students' scientific literacy and their proficiency in identifying and appraising health claims in news media: a secondary analysis using large-scale survey data. [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2019 Nordheim LV +4 more
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Science Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Undergraduate research experience programs can provide students with significant opportunities to engage in research and further develop scientist identities. Grounded in theoretical frames of identity compatibility, interactionist approach, and intersectionality we present findings from an undergraduate research experience program ...
Ann Y. Kim +2 more
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Student performance on the Test of Scientific Literacy Skills (TOSLS) does not change with assignment of a low-stakes grade. [PDF]
BMC Res Notes, 2018 Segarra VA +5 more
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Science Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Immersive learning environments, such as serious educational games (SEGs), offer promising opportunities for enhancing elementary students' science learning outcomes and fostering their interest in science. These environments allow learners to explore scientific phenomena in ways traditional instruction cannot replicate.
Georgia W. Hodges, Kayla Flanagan
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A Progressive Reading, Writing, and Artistic Module to Support Scientific Literacy. [PDF]
J Microbiol Biol Educ, 2016 Stockwell SB.
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Investigating the Relation Between Peer Critiquing and Model Revisions in Modeling‐Based Learning
Science Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Modeling‐based learning engages students in model generation, evaluation, revision, and application. This study specifically investigated the relation between peer critiquing and model revisions so that suggestions can be made for the design of curricula and interventions to support students in model evaluation and revisions.
Hsin‐Yi Chang
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Can I still eat it? Using problem-based learning to test the 5-second rule and promote scientific literacy. [PDF]
FEMS Microbiol Lett, 2018 Hussa EA.
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