Solving a problem about cancer treatment: how does the use of the mitotic spindle model evolve during small group discussions?

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Spain). She belongs to the research staff of the Department of Specific Didactics (area of Science Education) since 2019. Previously, she has taught in several Teacher Education Bachelor and Master degrees at the University Isabel I and at the San Antonio de Murcia Catholic University. She writes and presents widely on issues of the teaching-learning of Biology. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0739-9099 Beatriz Bravo-Torija has a PhD in Science Education from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). She works as a member of the Department of Specific Didactics (area of Science Education) at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Previously, she has taught in several Teacher Education Bachelor and Master degrees at the University of Granada and at the University of Zaragoza. She writes and presents widely on issues of argumentation around social-scientific problems. She is a reviewer of journals such as Science Education and Journal of Biological Education. Jose Manuel Pérez-Martín has a PhD in Biology from the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain), where he works as a member of the Department of Specific Didactics (area of Science Education). Previously, he has taught in several Science and Teacher Education Bachelor and Master degrees at the University of Camilo José Cela and at the International University of La Rioja. He writes and presents widely on issues of the toxic effects of pollutants on human and environmental health and on science education.

Is Consuming Avocados Equally Sustainable Worldwide? An Activity to Promote Eco-Social Education from Science Education

“…To find out how students in each group identified and used the evidence throughout the activity (objective 1), a category system modified from Esquivel-Martín et al [43] was designed. The categories used ranged from identifying and/or interpreting evidence (level 1) to using evidence to propose solutions (level 6).…”