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Knowledge Acquisition, Organization, and Use in Biology

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Biology Knowledge: Its Acquisition, Organization, and Use, held in Glasgow, Scotland, June 14–18, 1992

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Kathleen M. Fisher

    1. Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

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  2. Michael R. Kibby

    1. Centre for Academic Practice, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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Part of the book series: NATO ASI Subseries F: (NATO ASI F, volume 148)

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Table of contents (16 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. The Nature of Knowledge in Biology and Its Implications for Teaching and Learning

    • Maria Pilar Jimenez Aleixandre, Ruth Amir, Michael J. Brody, Pinchas Tamir, Warren Tomkiewicz
    Pages 1-24

  3. The Graphic Representation of Biological Knowledge: Integrating Words and Images

    • James H. Wandersee
    Pages 25-35

  4. Components of Comprehension Monitoring in the Acquisition of Knowledge from Science Texts

    • José Otero
    Pages 36-43

  5. Constructive Learning from Texts in Biology

    • Marlene Scardamalia, Carl Bereiter, Jim Hewitt, Jim Webb
    Pages 44-64

  6. Darwinian and Lamarckian Models Used by Students and Their Representation

    • Maria Pilar Jimenez Aleixandre
    Pages 65-77

  7. Food Relations of Living Organisms as a Basis for the Development of a Teaching Strategy Directed to Conceptual Change

    • Fred G. Brinkman
    Pages 78-98

  8. Cognitive Strategies in Biological Thinking

    • Maria Arcà
    Pages 99-107

  9. Organizing the Concept of Organism at the Elementary School Level: A Case Study

    • Silvia Caravita
    Pages 108-125

  10. Working with Personal Knowledge in Biology Classrooms on the Theme of Regulation and Homeostasis in Living Systems

    • Joop Buddingh
    Pages 126-134

  11. Generating Connections and Learning in Biology

    • Malka Gorodetsky, Kathleen M. Fisher
    Pages 135-154

  12. A Folding Model of Concept Genesis and Its Application to Teaching Biology

    • Gerhard Schaefer
    Pages 155-169

  13. Biological Interrelationships and Water

    • Michael J. Brody
    Pages 170-181

  14. The Information in Relations in Biology, or The Unexamined Relation Is Not Worth Having

    • Joseph Faletti, Kathleen M. Fisher
    Pages 182-205

  15. Eliciting and Representing Biology Knowledge with Conceptual Graph Structures

    • Sallie E. Gordon
    Pages 206-225

  16. Biological Models: Some Significant Features

    • John N. Honey
    Pages 226-234

  17. Retrospective Causal Reasoning (RCR) in Biology

    • Pinchas Tamir
    Pages 235-239

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 240-253
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Keywords

About this book

Biology education, like science education in general, is in the midst of a revolution that is worldwide in scope. The changes in the ways science education researchers think about learning and understanding represent a major paradigm shift. In this book, international leaders in the field of biology education research give summaries of problems and solutions in biology learning and teaching at various grade levels. Based on a NATO workshop in the Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology, it provides practical information for teachers, especially in using new interactive, constructivist teaching methods. For science education researchers, it offers a concise summary of a number of research issues in biology education.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

    Kathleen M. Fisher

  • Centre for Academic Practice, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

    Michael R. Kibby

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Knowledge Acquisition, Organization, and Use in Biology

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Biology Knowledge: Its Acquisition, Organization, and Use, held in Glasgow, Scotland, June 14–18, 1992

  • Editors: Kathleen M. Fisher, Michael R. Kibby

  • Series Title: NATO ASI Subseries F:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61047-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Vertag Berlin Heidelberg 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-60415-0Due: 19 February 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-64670-6Published: 23 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-61047-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0258-1248

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 245

  • Topics: Educational Psychology, Life Sciences, general, Theory of Computation, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Appl. in Life Sciences, Health Informatics

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