Discovery of Modification Evidence in "Tradescantia zebrina" through Inquiry-Based Observations

Autor/inn/en	Oztas Cin, Merve; Yurumezoglu, Kemal
Titel	Discovery of Modification Evidence in "Tradescantia zebrina" through Inquiry-Based Observations
Quelle	In: Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 59 (2022) 1, S.47-54 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Oztas Cin, Merve)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8121
DOI	10.1080/00368121.2022.2056114
Schlagwörter	STEM Education; Inquiry; In Person Learning; COVID-19; Pandemics; Plants (Botany); Distance Education; Educational Change; Teaching Methods; Active Learning; Evidence; Science Instruction; Genetics; Color; Grade 8; Secondary School Students; Observation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? STEM; Pflanze; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Bildungsreform; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Aktives Lernen; Evidenz; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Humangenetik; Colour; Farbbezeichnung; Farbe; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Sekundarschüler; Beobachtung
Abstract	This study investigated the causes of modifications on "Tradescantia zebrina" leaves due to environmental effects by inquiry-based and long-term observations. These observations started with restricted face-to-face education at school during the COVID-19 and continued under the teacher's guidance in distance education. All the study participants were given branches with approximately equal sizes cut off from the same "Tradescantia zebrina" plant. The researcher asked them to grow plants through cuttings using this branch and make observations. Half of the students participating in the activity (N: 10) grew and observed their plant branches in an environment that received direct sunlight, and the other half (N: 10) in a luminous environment without direct sunlight. The evidence obtained at the end of approximately 4-month observation showed that the plant leaves that received direct sunlight turned purple magenta. In contrast, the plant's leaves that received less sunlight turned green. All students were able to explain the cause of the plant modification, which is the change in phenotype due to the environment, employing both linear and reversible observations. At the same time, students could discover modification examples in different plants based on the evidence of their observations. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01