... lesson had significant positive effects on student learning. This topic is typically first taught in secondary school (eighth grade), where it is often perceived as difficult by many teachers and students. The science teacher has two important roles as the first teacher of this subject: providing...

...Daniel N. Weber; Renee A. Hesselbach; David H. Petering; Craig A. Berg Using live vertebrate animals to demonstrate learning and memory is typically not done in high school biology classes. We designed an apparatus and protocol by which students observe learning in fish. Students generate questions...

... engage undergraduate biology students at the freshman level, less attention is given to designing challenges for advanced students. Here, I present a project-based learning (PBL) activity that was developed to teach phylogenetics for junior and senior-level biology students. This approach reinforces...

...Mary K. B. Zanin Over the years, many of my students have reported that they enjoy lectures that include short, simple animations. To keep students engaged, I have developed a small set of teaching animations using PowerPoint and Camtasia Studio software packages. A survey of students who learned...

... in another. © 2012 by National Association of Biology Teachers. 2012 Evolution natural selection contexts diagnostic assessment reasoning learning While Bishop and Anderson's (1990) test and a modified version known as the ORI ( Nehm & Reilly, 2007 ) have both been shown to produce...