Search Results - "Journal of biological education"

iNaturalist as an engaging tool for identifying organisms in outdoor activities by Unger, Shem, Rollins, Mark, Tietz, Allison, Dumais, Hailey

“…We evaluated an emerging smartphone application, iNaturalist, to increase taxonomic identification and engage first-year undergraduate biology majors in…”
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An analysis of plant awareness disparity within introductory biology textbook images by Brownlee, Kristi, Parsley, Kathryn M., Sabel, Jaime L.

“…Plant awareness disparity (PAD, formerly plant blindness) is the tendency not to notice plants in one's environment, which leads to the perspective that plants…”
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Contribution of 3D modelling and printing to learning in primary schools: a case study with visually impaired students from an inclusive Biology classroom by Anđić, Branko, Lavicza, Zsolt, Ulbrich, Eva, Cvjetićanin, Stanko, Petrović, Filip, Maričić, Mirjana

“…Contemporary education adopts various new visualisation techniques for content to be learned. Recently, research on the application of 3D modelling and…”
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Measuring Students' Plant Awareness: A Prerequisite for Effective Botany Education by Pany, Peter, Meier, Florian D., Dünser, Benno, Yanagida, Takuya, Kiehn, Michael, Möller, Andrea

“…The term 'Plant Blindness' describes people tending to overlook plants, even though they have an enormous importance for life on earth, especially because of…”
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Sex and fertility education in England: an analysis of biology curricula and students' experiences by Maslowski, Katherine, Biswakarma, Rina, Reiss, Michael J., Harper, Joyce

“…Sex and fertility education is essential to enable people to make informed choices. School is an important source of education, so we examined the current…”
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Branches of plant blindness and their relationship with biodiversity conceptualisation among secondary students by Pedrera, Oier, Ortega-Lasuen, Unai, Ruiz-González, Aritz, Díez, José Ramón, Barrutia, Oihana

“…Although citizenship's literacy in biodiversity is a promising way of confronting its loss, the unawareness about this topic is generalised particularly…”
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An escape-room inspired game for genetics review by Brady, Shannon C., Andersen, Erik C.

“…Active learning strategies engage students in instruction by making them an integral part of the teaching process. Gamification is one type of active learning…”
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Understanding barriers to participation within undergraduate STEM laboratories: towards development of an inclusive curriculum by Batty, Lesley, Reilly, Katie

“…The increase in student diversity, legislative changes and shift towards the social model of disability has led to greater emphasis on inclusive curricula…”
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Place-based education through immersive virtual experiences - preparing biology students for the field by Wallgrün, Jan Oliver, Chang, Jack Shen-Kuen, Zhao, Jiayan, Trenham, Peter, Sajjadi, Pejman, Simpson, Mark, Klippel, Alexander

“…Virtual field trips are transforming education in biology and other place-based disciplines - and not just since Covid-19 has imposed social distancing…”
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Virtual laboratories in science education: students' motivation and experiences in two tertiary biology courses by Dyrberg, Nadia Rahbek, Treusch, Alexander H., Wiegand, Claudia

“…Potential benefits of simulations and virtual laboratory exercises in natural sciences have been both theorised and studied recently. This study reports…”
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The medium matters! The effect of a mobile digital identification tool on students' intrinsic motivation during plant identification by Finger, Alexander, Bergmann-Gering, Alexander, Groß, Jorge

“…For plant identification in school biology, many digital and analogue identification methods have been developed to make this demanding and little motivating…”
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Computational modelling in high school biology: A teaching intervention by Musaeus, Line Have, Tatar, Deborah, Musaeus, Peter

“…Computational modelling is widely used in biological science. Therefore, biology students need to learn computational modelling. However, there is a lack of…”
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Environmental education to engage urban youth: anecdotes from Southwest China by Laffitte, Benjamin, Seyler, Barnabas C., Tang, Ya

“…Environmental education (EE) is a concern in modern society. Plant blindness and nature-deficit disorder highlight how important nature contact and plant…”
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The use of a three-tier diagnostic test to investigate conceptions related to cell biology concepts among pre-service teachers of life and earth sciences by Assimi, Essadiq, Janati Idrissi, Rachid, Zerhane, Rajae, Boubih, Said

“…Many studies worldwide have shown that students and pre-service teachers have misconceptions about cell biology concepts. In most cases, teachers are the…”
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Befriending bumblebees through hands-on activities in biology classes: Living bumblebees lead to lasting knowledge and provide high learning enjoyment by Sieg, Anne-Kathrin, Dreesmann, Daniel C.

“…Hands-on activities are considered to be particularly suitable for generating long-term knowledge that increases environmentally friendly behaviour…”
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Use of design thinking as a strategy to identify and clear students' misconceptions in photosynthesis: a case study by Atchia, Shakeel Mohammad Cassam, Chummun, Dhavini, Luckho, Saheel

“…This study uses a case study methodology to showcase the use of the DTSICM (Design thinking Strategy to Identify and Clear Misconceptions) model, which…”
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ICT tools and citizen science: a pathway to promote science learning and Education for Sustainable Development in schools by Rodríguez-Loinaz, Gloria, Ametzaga-Arregi, Ibone, Palacios-Agundez, Igone

“…The sustainability challenges facing humankind make necessary the convergence of Science Education (SE) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)…”
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A study of the interactions and conversations of families visiting the museum of microbiology of the Butantan institute, São Paulo, Brazil by Scalfi, Graziele, Massarani, Luisa, Marandino, Martha, Gonçalves, Waneicy, Norberto Rocha, Jessica

“…Science museums are key locations for informal education. They also enable research that explores how families structure their activities and conversations and…”
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A hybrid strategy to develop real-life competences combining flipped classroom, jigsaw method and project-based learning by Sanchez-Muñoz, Raul, Carrió, Mar, Rodríguez, Gemma, Pérez, Nora, Moyano, Elisabeth

“…The professional profiles of future scientists need to undergo a deep and rapid change to address recent advances in biomedical sciences and the social and…”
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Chlorophyll does not reflect green light - how to correct a misconception by Virtanen, Olli, Constantinidou, Emanuella, Tyystjärvi, Esa

“…Plant leaves are green because they contain the green photosynthetic pigments, chlorophylls a and b. Popular science literature, and sometimes even textbooks,…”
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