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Resource Group | TIEE |
Resource Group Link | https://ecoed.esa.org/index.php?P=SearchResults&F46=TIEE |
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Keywords | practitioner research, evolution, natural selection, misconceptions, formative assessment, pre-post tests, Dino Neck question |
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Pedagogical Use Description | The suite of course revisions I instituted in fall 2006 significantly decreased students’ misconceptions and improved their learning about evolution and the process of evolution by natural selection. The revisions included modification of course content and reduction and radical redesign of the presentation modality of this course content. In particular, I used student pre-test responses to estimate class-wide frequencies of misconceptions about evolution and the process of evolution by natural selection. I then presented frequency histograms of their misconceptions directly to them in class, engaged them in reflective discourse to address these misconceptions, and then I rearranged and presented course content to systematically confront, address, and displace these misconceptions as “expert” knowledge and ways of knowing were transmitted. Thus, the students’ demonstrated misconceptions drove the course outline and methods of content delivery. |
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Url | http://tiee.esa.org/vol/v6/research/grant/abstract.html |
Full Name of Primary Author | Bruce Grant |
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Primary Author Affiliation | Widener University Chester, PA, 19013 |
Primary Author email | N/A |
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Rights | Author retains copyrights |
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Drought and Water Ecosystem Services Collection | Off |
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection | Off |
Big Data Collection | Off |
Editors Choice | No |
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Date Of Record Submission | 2011-03-09 |
I Agree to EcoEdDL's Copyright Policy & Terms of Use | No |
Date Of Record Release | 2011-03-09 15:14:15 |
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Date Last Modified | 2018-07-25 14:46:28 |
Release Flag | Published |
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