Teaching How To Answer ‘Why’ Questions About Biology

Teaching How To Answer ‘Why’ Questions About Biology

Presents ways of discussing how to answer questions about common biological phenomena to introduce students to the rich explanatory power of selection theory to show the distinction between proximate and evolutionary answers and to discourage teleological thinking. (ASK)

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Veröffentlicht in:The American biology teacher 2001-01, Vol.63 (1), p.16-19
1. Verfasser: Shellberg, Tom
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aggression
Analysis
Animal Behavior
Animals
Biological evolution
Biological research
Biology
Cognition & reasoning
College students
Evolution
Genes
High school students
Higher Education
Learning
Menopause
Methods
Natural selection
Phenotypic traits
Pregnancy
Questioning Techniques
Science Education
Science teachers
Secondary Education
Study and teaching
Teaching
Teleology
Thinking Skills
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Zusammenfassung:Presents ways of discussing how to answer questions about common biological phenomena to introduce students to the rich explanatory power of selection theory to show the distinction between proximate and evolutionary answers and to discourage teleological thinking. (ASK)
ISSN:0002-7685
1938-4211
DOI:10.1662/0002-7685%282001%29063%5B0016%3ATHTAWQ%5D2.0.CO%3B2