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The American Biology Teacher (2021) 83 (2): 118–119.
Published: 01 February 2021
... the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are expected to demonstrate their understanding of several core evolutionary concepts, including trait variation and inheritance, fossils and extinct organisms, common ancestry, natural selection, and adaptation. However, he might also wonder how...
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The American Biology Teacher (2021) 83 (2): 96–103.
Published: 01 February 2021
... of natural selection – within-species variation, mutation, heritability, differential survival, and reproduction – as well as the cornerstone concept of adaptation (e.g., Nadelson et al., 2009 ; Campos & SáPinto, 2013 ; Emmons & Kelemen, 2015 ). In 2012, the National Research Council (NRC...
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The American Biology Teacher (2016) 78 (2): 101–108.
Published: 01 February 2016
...Rebecca M. Price; Kathryn E. Perez 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...
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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 article content through the University...
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The American Biology Teacher (2015) 77 (6): 426–431.
Published: 01 August 2015
... problems that have evolved. In the course in which this lab activity is used, we make a concerted effort to draw parallels between basic physiological models used by all organisms (adapted from Modell, 2000 ). Furthermore, we use this comparative approach because interleaving can improve inductive...
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The American Biology Teacher (2014) 76 (2): 132–136.
Published: 01 February 2014
... 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. Adaptation genetic pool genotype phenotype mutation binomial nomenclature speciation Nearly...
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The American Biology Teacher (2011) 73 (4): 238–241.
Published: 01 April 2011
... suggest that the class first spend some time observing butterflies foraging and derive hypotheses for why variation exists in which flowers the butterflies visit and the amount of time they spend feeding on them. © 2011 by National Association of Biology Teachers 2011 Adaptation evolution...