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View Resource Practitioner Research Improved My Students’ Understanding of Evolution by Natural Selection in an Introductory Biology Course

Many undergraduates are challenged in their understanding of evolutionary biology because they harbor deeply held misconceptions about basic evolutionary concepts that are highly resistant to instruction. This paper presents results of eight years of practitioner research to improve my teaching and my students’ learning of evolution in an introductory biology course at Widener University...

 

Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library

View Resource Environmental Correlates of Leaf Stomata Density

In this Experiment, students make impressions of leaf stomata (using clear nail polish) and test a hypothesis of their choice about how leaf stomata density might vary under different environmental conditions. Leaf stomata are the principal means of gas exchange in vascular plants. Stomata are small pores, typically on the undersides of leaves, that are opened or closed under the control of a pair...

 

Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library

View Resource The TIEE Research Practitioners Project: Faculty Investigating Active Teaching and Student Learning

This article published in Volume 5 of TIEE describes the TIEE Research Practitioners Project. For the project, fifteen ecology, environmental science, and biology faculty conducted research on the effectiveness of student-active teaching methods in their classrooms, with the goal of improving their teaching practice in a manner that would be recognized as scholarly work. The article...

 

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