There is increasing consensus among psycho-educational scholars about argumentation as
a means to improve student knowledge and understanding of subject matter. In this article …

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This article focuses on the capacity of students to develop and assess arguments during a
high school genetics instructional sequence. The research focused on the locating …

Natural selection is one of the central mechanisms of evolutionary change and is the
process responsible for the evolution of adaptive features. Without a working knowledge of …

Natural selection as a mechanism of evolution is a central concept in biology; yet, most
nonbiology‐majors do not thoroughly understand the theory even after instruction. Many …

In this study, the effects of argumentation-eliciting interventions on conceptual
understanding in evolution were investigated. Two experiments were conducted: In the 1st …

This paper explicates the relationship between biological function and teleology by focusing
not only on difference but also on conceptual overlap. By doing so, this paper is meant to …

This study investigated whether or not an increase in secondary science teacher knowledge
about evolution and the nature of science gained from completing a graduate-level evolution …

Figura 2.2. Esquema de uno de los futuros profesores de Biología que representa la
estructura del Conocimiento Biológico en la fase inicial del proceso formativo 239 Figura …

The work of Bishop and Anderson (1990) plays a major role in educators' understanding of
evolution education. Their findings remind us that the majority of university students do not …