Green Brains & Ground Sloths: A Paleoecology-Based Exercise in Hypothesis Formation

Autor/in	Robischon, Marcel
Titel	Green Brains & Ground Sloths: A Paleoecology-Based Exercise in Hypothesis Formation
Quelle	In: American Biology Teacher, 81 (2019) 4, S.229-233 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-7685
Schlagwörter	Biology; Scientific Concepts; Science Education; Hypothesis Testing; Concept Formation; Student Centered Learning; Plants (Botany); Animals; Science Instruction; Teaching Methods; Learning Motivation; Ecology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Biologie; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Pflanze; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Ökologie
Abstract	In organismic biology, the formation of ecological and evolutionary hypotheses on the basis of observable morphologies is a central element of research, and by extension of teaching and learning. Often it is necessary to take account of complex combinations of factors, some of which may be far from obvious. In the work described here, hypothesis formation and testing was exercised and studied in a learner-centered and object-based manner using an anachronistic, seemingly "nonsensical" plant, Maclura pomifera (Moraceae), in which the link between structure and function only becomes clear when considering past faunistic environments. The element of the unexpected and the allure of the large animals is thought to add to epistemic curiosity and student motivation to engage in the study of plants. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01