Vpliv raziskovanja spolne selekcije na razumevanje evolucije pri osnovnošolcih
| Autor: | Sá-Pinto, Xana, Pessoa, Patricia, Pinto, Alexandre, Cardia, Pedro, Lopes, Joaquim Bernardino |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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Problemorientierung
Test Evolution Erziehung Schul- und Bildungswesen Selektion Primary school lower level School year 04 Schulpädagogik Elementary School Fachdidaktik/mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fächer School year 03 Education Teaching of Biology ddc:370 Biologieunterricht Verstehen Schuljahr 03 Grundschule Schuljahr 04 Unterrichtsgestaltung Primary school Portugal Sexualität Pupil Pupils Schüler Reproduktion Biology lessons Sexuality Content analysis Inhaltsanalyse |
| Zdroj: | CEPS Journal 13 (2023) 1, S. 121-141 |
| ISSN: | 2232-2647 1855-9719 |
| DOI: | 10.26529/cepsj.1508 |
| Popis: | Several researchers and scientific institutions argue that evolution should be explored from the first school years. However, few studies have analysed primary school students’ understanding of evolutionary processes or evaluated the impact of educational activities on such knowledge. The available data: i) suggest that primary school students can learn about evolution; and ii) identify differential reproduction as the key evolution concept less often used by students to make and justify evolutionary predictions. In the present study, we evaluate the impact of an educational programme on primary school students’ level of understanding of evolution by sexual selection and on their ability to employ differential reproduction to propose and justify evolutionary predictions. An evaluation framework was applied to estimate primary school students’ level of understanding of evolution by sexual selection in third- and fourth-grade classes, before and after the students were exposed to the educational programme. A significant increase in the level of understanding of evolution by sexual selection was observed in the target classes, but not in the control classes. This result was primarily driven by a significant increase in the students’ justifications employing the concept of differential reproduction. The results suggest that activities that model and simulate biological evolution through sexual selection can contribute to primary school students’ understanding of evolutionary processes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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