... & Kirk, 2001 ). “Math and statistics anxiety are common and can interfere with student learning in biology courses.” Our module attempts to reduce statistics anxiety in biology students through the use of an internet cat video in the context of animal behavior and scientific inquiry. Watching...

... and Permissions web page, www.ucpress.edu/journals.php?p=reprints . 2019 Ecology experiential field skills predation scientific inquiry scientific method Involving students in hands-on inquiry is important for their understanding of science as a process and not just as a collection of facts...

... practices scientific inquiry science literacy In biology, evolution features prominently among disciplinary core concepts in recent reforms ( Brewer & Smith, 2011 ; College Board, 2011 ; NGSS Lead States, 2013 ). The explicit emphasis on evolution in national science education standards...

...Cassandra M. Berry Teaching scientific inquiry in large interdisciplinary classes is a challenge. We describe a creative problem-based learning approach, using a motivational island crisis scenario, to inspire research design. Students were empowered to formulate their individual scientific inquiry...

... selection sexual dimorphism mate choice mate competition scientific inquiry scientific models educational resources To simulate a scenario of male-biased sex ratio (2 males: 1 female) in a monogamous species, the number of females should be half the number of students. Given the scarcity...

...). For these skulls, limit your estimate to 2, 3 or 4. Hominin evolution bipedalism foramen magnum cranial capacity geological time scale phylogenetic tree scientific inquiry This classroom activity was developed to teach hominin evolution in an investigative way – CSI style. Through examination...

...Il-Sun Lee; Jung-Ho Byeon; Yong-Ju Kwon The purpose of this study was to design a teaching method suitable for science high school students using atomic force microscopy. During their scientific inquiry procedure, high school students observed a micro-nanostructure of a biological sample, which...