Knowledge Acquisition, Organization, and Use in Biology

1. Front Matter

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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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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.

• biology
• evolution
• knowledge acquisition
• learning
• water

• 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

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