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The American Biology Teacher (2016) 78 (2): 101–108.
Published: 01 February 2016
... Sciences Education , 12 , 665 – 675 . Pigliucci, M. & Kaplan, J. ( 2000 ). The fall and rise of Dr Pangloss: adaptationism and the Spandrels paper 20 years later . Trends in Ecology & Evolution , 15 , 66 – 70 . Pigliucci, M. & Müller, G.B. ( 2010 ). Evolution: The Extended...
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A paradigm shift away from viewing evolution primarily in terms of adaptation – the “adaptationist programme” of Gould and Lewontin – began in evolutionary research more than 35 years ago, but that shift has yet to occur within evolutionary education research or within teaching standards. We review three instruments that can help education researchers and educators undertake this paradigm shift. The instruments assess how biology undergraduates understand three evolutionary processes other than natural selection: genetic drift, dominance relationships among allelic pairs, and evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo). Testing with these instruments reveals that students often explain a diversity of evolutionary mechanisms incorrectly by invoking misconceptions about natural selection. We propose that increasing the emphasis on teaching evolutionary processes other than natural selection could result in a better understanding of natural selection and a better understanding of all evolutionary processes. Finally, we propose two strategies for accomplishing this goal, interleaving natural selection with other evolutionary processes and the development of bridging analogies to describe evolutionary concepts.
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The American Biology Teacher (2016) 78 (2): 149–154.
Published: 01 February 2016
... school teachers at a teaching conference. The activity could easily be adapted for freshman undergraduate students. © 2016 by the Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce...
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To teach the most central concepts in evolutionary biology, we present an activity in pollination biology. Students play the role of either pollinator or flower and work through a set of scenarios to maximize plant fitness. This “Pollination Game” facilitates critical and inquiry-based thinking, and we accompany each round of the exercise with a set of discussion questions and answers. We have piloted and fine tuned this exercise with high school students, and improved the exercise with the input of high school teachers at a teaching conference. The activity could easily be adapted for freshman undergraduate students.
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The American Biology Teacher (2015) 77 (6): 426–431.
Published: 01 August 2015
... evolution adaptation water loss habitat hypothesis testing ANOVA Figure 1. Examples of the photomicrographs provided to the students for measuring (annotations do not appear on those used by students). Figure 1. Examples of the photomicrographs provided to the students for measuring...
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We describe an alternative to the kinds of observation-based lab exercises that are often used to cover animal and plant evolution with respect to transitioning from aquatic to terrestrial habitats. We wrote this activity to address these objectives, but also to model the process of scientific inquiry and to require students to collect and analyze quantitative data. Additionally, we designed this activity so that students must consider the evolution of plant and animal traits in an integrated fashion.
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The American Biology Teacher (2014) 76 (2): 132–136.
Published: 01 February 2014
... exposed to introductory topics covering evolution and speciation. They should have developed an understanding of the following terms and concepts: adaptation, artificial and natural selection, classification, evolution, fitness, gene pool, genome, genotype, mutation, phenotype, reproductive isolation and...
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Evolutionary theory is the foundation of the biological sciences, yet conveying it to General Biology students often presents a challenge, especially at larger institutions where student numbers in foundation courses can exceed several hundred per lecture section. We present a pedagogically sound exercise that utilizes a series of simple and inexpensive simulations to convey the concept of evolution through mutation and natural selection. Questions after each simulation expand student comprehension; a class discussion encourages advanced thinking on mutation and speciation. A final paper requires students to synthesize their learning by summarizing selected papers on these topics. A grading rubric for the papers is included.
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The American Biology Teacher (2011) 73 (4): 238–241.
Published: 01 April 2011
... ( Rop, 2001 ; Yahnke, 2006 ) have previously been offered in The American Biology Teacher . The experiment we describe here, like the projects described in Yahnke (2006), is a field study that we conduct on campus. Virtually any behavior can be used for testing hypotheses about adaptation, but...
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We describe a simple field study that we have found useful in introducing students to experimental design. Students manipulate the nutritive gain available from flowers to test the hypothesis that the foraging behavior of nectarivorous insects maximizes energy gain rate. They add sucrose solution to some flowers and water to others; additional flowers are left unmanipulated. Visit durations of foraging butterflies are then measured to test the prediction that individuals will forage longer at patches that offer higher energy gains. The project encourages students to consider how a study's design influences the results obtained, and helps to develop scientific reasoning skills.