The E-mail Lab

Lederman, Judith S.; Gnanakkan, Dionysius; Bartels, Selina; Lederman, Norman G.

doi:10.2505/4/tst15_082_06_57

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“…In addition to in-class discussions specifically related to conducting ecological research through experimentation, the science education faculty member was a regular visitor to the laboratory (in this case a greenhouse on campus), where they led students through discussions of the NOS and scientific inquiry. Specifically, students engaged in a philosophy of science card sort (Cobern & Loving, 1998), and an activity very similar to the e-mail lab described by Lederman et al (2015).…”

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Authentic Scientific Research through an Undergraduate Ecology Course

Burgin¹,

Siepielski²

2023

The American Biology Teacher

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Undergraduate science students who volunteer within a research laboratory group, or participate in funded research opportunities, in general are those who have the opportunity to engage in authentic research. In this article, we report the findings from two different iterations of a semester-long collaboration between a biology faculty member and a science education faculty member at a major research institution in the Southeastern United States. Specifically, the faculty members designed an ecology laboratory course for upper-level undergraduate students (primarily biology majors) where they would engage in an original and highly authentic ecological research project. The goal of this course was to have students explicitly learn about the nature of science (NOS), and authentic scientific practices such as inquiry and experimentation in the context of their own research. In the second year of the course, the global COVID-19 pandemic forced us to modify our approach to accomplish the same goals, but now in a remote and online format. Using questionnaires, concept inventories, and semi-structured interviews, the impact of the course on students’ understandings of NOS, inquiry, and experimentation, in addition to their perspectives on the experience within the course compared to prior laboratory coursework, was investigated. We found that students showed modest gains in each of the aforementioned desirable outcomes. These gains were generally comparable in both face-to-face and remote course settings. Additionally, students shared with us their preference for authentic laboratory work as compared with the typical laboratory work with its given research question and step-by-step instructions. Our research demonstrates what is possible in both face-to-face and remote undergraduate laboratory courses in biology and the positive impact that was observed in our students. We hope it serves as a model for other scientists and science educators as they collaborate to design authentic research-based coursework for undergraduate biology students.

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Section: Year 1 (Fall 2019)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Authentic Scientific Research through an Undergraduate Ecology Course

Burgin¹,

Siepielski²

2023

The American Biology Teacher

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“…Under flera år har en internationell grupp av forskare studerat elevers synsätt på detta. De har utvecklat ett test, och nyligen gjorde de en stor internationell studie med deltagare från 32 länder [1]. Elever i årskurs 7 och motsvarande sista året på gymnasiet fick svara på testet.…”

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“…Överlag stämmer resultaten från den svenska studien överens med vad som framkommit om elever i andra länder. En översikt av resultaten från de medverkande länderna ges i en artikel av Judith Lederman och medförfattare [1]. Även om direkta jämförelser är svåra att göra, eftersom utbildningssystemen kan skilja sig mycket åt, tyder resultaten på två punkter där Sverige sticker ut från många andra länder.…”

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Elever har låg kunskap om naturvetenskapliga undersökningar

Höst¹

2022

ATENA

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Naturvetenskapliga undersökningar är en viktig del av naturvetenskapen. Men trots att förmågan att genomföra dem är framskrivet i kursplanerna är det inte säkert att eleverna därmed också utvecklar kunskaper om vad som kännetecknar naturvetenskapliga undersökningar. En stor internationell studie har undersökt vilken syn elever har på detta. Resultaten från Sverige visar bland annat att de har svårt att skilja på data och evidens.

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Connecting the History of Science to the Holocaust Through Expeditionary Learning

Holliday

2023

How People Learn in Informal Science Environments

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The E-mail Lab

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Authentic Scientific Research through an Undergraduate Ecology Course

Authentic Scientific Research through an Undergraduate Ecology Course

Elever har låg kunskap om naturvetenskapliga undersökningar

Connecting the History of Science to the Holocaust Through Expeditionary Learning

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