Models role within active learning in biology. A case study.

Autor/inn/en	Pop-Pa Curar, Irina; Tirla, Felicia Doina
Titel	Models role within active learning in biology. A case study.
Quelle	In: Acta didactica Napocensia, 2 (2009) 2, S. 41-50Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1504-9922; 2065-1430
Schlagwörter	Aktives Lernen; Lernmethode; Unterricht; Biologieunterricht; Berufspädagogik; Modell; Europa; Rumänien
Abstract	In order to integrate ideas and information creatively, to motivate students and activate their thinking, we have used in Biology classes a series of active methods, among which the methods of critical thinking, which had very good results. Still, in the case of some intuitive, abstract, more difficult topics, such as the cell structure, microscopic processes, the transmission of hereditary features etc., the methods of critical thinking can be insufficient, because they stimulate students' imagination, whereas this does not always conform to real, correct representations. We wanted to compensate this weakness through the integration of the model method in the strategies of active learning. By using teaching materials like models that provide information in more ways (visual, tactile, auditory), the students can better infer phenomena, processes that happen at an intangible, everyday life (cellular division, processes inside the living organisms etc.). In this study we shall present the results obtained by students in the Biology class after introducing the model-technique in the active learning strategies, results which have proved to be superior to those obtained by traditional methods. (Orig.).
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Update	2009/4