Pub Date : 2010-11-01DOI: 10.1525/ABT.2010.72.9.13.C
K. Pedretti
{"title":"The Earwig's Tail: A Modern Bestiary of Multi-legged Legends. By May R. Berenbaum . 2009. Harvard University Press. (ISBN 9780674035409). 194 pages. Hardcover. $23.95.","authors":"K. Pedretti","doi":"10.1525/ABT.2010.72.9.13.C","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1525/ABT.2010.72.9.13.C","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50960,"journal":{"name":"American Biology Teacher","volume":"6 1","pages":"586-586"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75849591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2010-10-01DOI: 10.1525/ABT.2010.72.8.11.B
Lorelei D. Crerar
Ant Encounters: Interaction Networks and Colony Behavior. By Deborah M. Gordon . 2010. Princeton University Press (ISBN 9780691138794). 184 pages. Paperback. $$19.95. It is clear that Deborah Gordon is passionate about ants. Not only that, but she has spent a great deal of time both in the field and in the library doing research on these fascinating creatures. She begins the book by describing the colony as a complex and agrees with Latreille (1798), who stated that ants are of one mind separated into many bodies. She goes on to state that ““ants see poorly, and they rely on chemical cues”” (p. 4). This is the main method of communication used by colonies, although all ants use a slightly different variation of the colony system. Reading further, one can see Gordon's many years in the field as she goes on to talk about the colony system: ““I realized that a colony's behavior changed over …
{"title":"Animal Behavior: Ants","authors":"Lorelei D. Crerar","doi":"10.1525/ABT.2010.72.8.11.B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1525/ABT.2010.72.8.11.B","url":null,"abstract":"Ant Encounters: Interaction Networks and Colony Behavior. By Deborah M. Gordon . 2010. Princeton University Press (ISBN 9780691138794). 184 pages. Paperback. $$19.95. \u0000\u0000It is clear that Deborah Gordon is passionate about ants. Not only that, but she has spent a great deal of time both in the field and in the library doing research on these fascinating creatures. She begins the book by describing the colony as a complex and agrees with Latreille (1798), who stated that ants are of one mind separated into many bodies. She goes on to state that ““ants see poorly, and they rely on chemical cues”” (p. 4). This is the main method of communication used by colonies, although all ants use a slightly different variation of the colony system. Reading further, one can see Gordon's many years in the field as she goes on to talk about the colony system: ““I realized that a colony's behavior changed over …","PeriodicalId":50960,"journal":{"name":"American Biology Teacher","volume":"3 1","pages":"518-519"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2010-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78852346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The sciences are full of controversial issues, and biology education has at least its share. I would like to identify a few that have been on my mind, some of which have several sub-issues. Why would we want to discuss controversial issues in biology education? First, because they raise questions, especially for biology students, and the questions deserve answers. Second, controversy creates interest and interest can improve motivation to learn biology. Thus, teachers can take advantage of controversy. I will not attempt to resolve the issues listed below but I will attempt to identify the nature of some of the issues that have been on my mind. I will not use references, because this is an editorial representing my own opinions. 1. Evolution. On a media frequency scale, the evolution of life on earth is probably still issue number 1. It has always puzzled me that this seems to be a bigger issue in the United States than anywhere else in the world. A basic issue is that academic research and discussion of modern evolutionary theories contradict literal interpretations of religious writings. Specifics can be found in some of the sub-issues. The most obvious are the differences in perceived timelines for the origin and evolution of life. Frequently published science-based timelines are those of the Big Bang (13––15 billion years ago [bya]), the …
{"title":"Controversial Issues in Biology Education? You Bet! Here Are Some","authors":"Bill Leonard","doi":"10.1525/ABT.2010.72.7.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1525/ABT.2010.72.7.3","url":null,"abstract":"The sciences are full of controversial issues, and biology education has at least its share. I would like to identify a few that have been on my mind, some of which have several sub-issues. Why would we want to discuss controversial issues in biology education? First, because they raise questions, especially for biology students, and the questions deserve answers. Second, controversy creates interest and interest can improve motivation to learn biology. Thus, teachers can take advantage of controversy. I will not attempt to resolve the issues listed below but I will attempt to identify the nature of some of the issues that have been on my mind. I will not use references, because this is an editorial representing my own opinions.\u0000\u00001. Evolution. On a media frequency scale, the evolution of life on earth is probably still issue number 1. It has always puzzled me that this seems to be a bigger issue in the United States than anywhere else in the world. A basic issue is that academic research and discussion of modern evolutionary theories contradict literal interpretations of religious writings. Specifics can be found in some of the sub-issues. The most obvious are the differences in perceived timelines for the origin and evolution of life. Frequently published science-based timelines are those of the Big Bang (13––15 billion years ago [bya]), the …","PeriodicalId":50960,"journal":{"name":"American Biology Teacher","volume":"56 1","pages":"407-407"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2010-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84147105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The following is a comment on a recent editorial on reforming genetics education by Michael Dougherty (2010). Dougherty properly pointed out some of the challenges of teaching genetics and the conceptual obstacles students face in this domain. We agree that students harbor many misconceptions about genetics and tend to think deterministically about genetic phenomena. Given that most genetic phenomena are complex, involve multiple genes, and are influenced by environmental factors, students' understanding of genetics is often inadequate. We also agree that the current scope and sequence of the genetics curriculum has failed to deepen students' understanding. However, Dougherty's suggestion to invert the genetics curriculum, such that students first learn about continuous or complex traits and then …
{"title":"Beyond Disciplinary-Based Scope & Sequence: Taking Student Cognition into Account","authors":"R. Duncan, Aaron D. Rogat","doi":"10.1525/ABT.2010.72.7.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1525/ABT.2010.72.7.2","url":null,"abstract":"The following is a comment on a recent editorial on reforming genetics education by Michael Dougherty (2010). Dougherty properly pointed out some of the challenges of teaching genetics and the conceptual obstacles students face in this domain. We agree that students harbor many misconceptions about genetics and tend to think deterministically about genetic phenomena. Given that most genetic phenomena are complex, involve multiple genes, and are influenced by environmental factors, students' understanding of genetics is often inadequate. We also agree that the current scope and sequence of the genetics curriculum has failed to deepen students' understanding.\u0000\u0000However, Dougherty's suggestion to invert the genetics curriculum, such that students first learn about continuous or complex traits and then …","PeriodicalId":50960,"journal":{"name":"American Biology Teacher","volume":"11 1","pages":"405-405"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2010-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86566068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
1. New ABT Department: Classroom Materials Reviews Classroom Materials Reviews (CMR) will publish reviews of new and innovative materials that will include but not be limited to biology curricula, modules, kits, and technology for collecting data in the lab and field that may be available from commercial vendors. This new department will not review visual media or books, as those are covered by other departments. There will be a distinct emphasis on materials that are cutting-edge and utilize learning through inquiry, as they will be expected to meet the spirit of the recommendations of the National Research Council's National Science Education Standards and the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Benchmarks for Science Literacy. We received 14 applications for the editorship of this new department. A search committee consisting of President Bunny Jaskot, Associate Executive Director Jacki …
{"title":"What's New with The American Biology Teacher?","authors":"Bill Leonard","doi":"10.1525/ABT.2010.72.6.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1525/ABT.2010.72.6.4","url":null,"abstract":"1. New ABT Department: Classroom Materials Reviews \u0000\u0000Classroom Materials Reviews (CMR) will publish reviews of new and innovative materials that will include but not be limited to biology curricula, modules, kits, and technology for collecting data in the lab and field that may be available from commercial vendors. This new department will not review visual media or books, as those are covered by other departments. There will be a distinct emphasis on materials that are cutting-edge and utilize learning through inquiry, as they will be expected to meet the spirit of the recommendations of the National Research Council's National Science Education Standards and the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Benchmarks for Science Literacy.\u0000\u0000We received 14 applications for the editorship of this new department. A search committee consisting of President Bunny Jaskot, Associate Executive Director Jacki …","PeriodicalId":50960,"journal":{"name":"American Biology Teacher","volume":"41 1","pages":"338-338"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2010-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81356149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2010-05-01DOI: 10.1525/ABT.2010.72.5.14.B
Andrea Redinger, L. Karen
{"title":"Higher EducationCommunication Skills for the Biosciences: A Graduate Guide. By Aysha Divan . Oxford University Press. (ISBN 9780199226351). 270 pages. Paperback. $49.95.","authors":"Andrea Redinger, L. Karen","doi":"10.1525/ABT.2010.72.5.14.B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1525/ABT.2010.72.5.14.B","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50960,"journal":{"name":"American Biology Teacher","volume":"79 1","pages":"320-321"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2010-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72727309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2010-04-01DOI: 10.1525/ABT.2010.72.4.12.C
David S. Lee
Stormy's Return. By Bob Palmatier . 2008. Mittentails Press (ISBN 9780615233871). 94 pages. Softcover. $$19.99. ““ We called him tortoise because he taught us .”” ——Lewis Carroll, 1865 The storyline is simple. A spotted turtle finds his way home after being relocated to another wetland by a well-intentioned naturalist. Stormy meets some interesting creatures in his travels and is reunited with his former pond mates. The end. OK, I gave away the plot. There is no romance, violence, celebrity news, unexpected twist, or even a villain. Why would anyone read this? Well, this is one reason we write and read book reviews. You will be taken by the illustrations. The 33 paintings in this children's book are simple and straightforward, eye-catching and compelling. I purchased several as prints to decorate my cluttered office. Far from precise, two-dimensional, and not particularly detailed, they are nevertheless rich and filled with life. Colorful, happy sketches, landscapes populated with familiar wetland plants and animals, species portraits that are surreal and stylized, yet easily recognizable; pink-bellied amphiumas and yellow-bellied bluegills, living in their natural settings with cattails, chickadees, mud turtles, red-admiral butterflies, tumble bugs, and sweetgums. Do you want to know more about these plants and animals? In the back of the book, a 12-page illustrated glossary provides a brief paragraph about each. And here is the best part: this is a true story based on an experience of the author. Oh, all right, real spotted turtles probably don't sit about in their wetland habitats yelling out to each other ““Who's got spots?”” ““We do, we do!”” …
{"title":"Children's Book","authors":"David S. Lee","doi":"10.1525/ABT.2010.72.4.12.C","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1525/ABT.2010.72.4.12.C","url":null,"abstract":"Stormy's Return. By Bob Palmatier . 2008. Mittentails Press (ISBN 9780615233871). 94 pages. Softcover. $$19.99. \u0000\u0000““ We called him tortoise because he taught us .”” ——Lewis Carroll, 1865\u0000\u0000The storyline is simple. A spotted turtle finds his way home after being relocated to another wetland by a well-intentioned naturalist. Stormy meets some interesting creatures in his travels and is reunited with his former pond mates. The end. OK, I gave away the plot. There is no romance, violence, celebrity news, unexpected twist, or even a villain. Why would anyone read this? Well, this is one reason we write and read book reviews.\u0000\u0000You will be taken by the illustrations. The 33 paintings in this children's book are simple and straightforward, eye-catching and compelling. I purchased several as prints to decorate my cluttered office. Far from precise, two-dimensional, and not particularly detailed, they are nevertheless rich and filled with life. Colorful, happy sketches, landscapes populated with familiar wetland plants and animals, species portraits that are surreal and stylized, yet easily recognizable; pink-bellied amphiumas and yellow-bellied bluegills, living in their natural settings with cattails, chickadees, mud turtles, red-admiral butterflies, tumble bugs, and sweetgums. Do you want to know more about these plants and animals? In the back of the book, a 12-page illustrated glossary provides a brief paragraph about each.\u0000\u0000And here is the best part: this is a true story based on an experience of the author. Oh, all right, real spotted turtles probably don't sit about in their wetland habitats yelling out to each other ““Who's got spots?”” ““We do, we do!”” …","PeriodicalId":50960,"journal":{"name":"American Biology Teacher","volume":"26 1","pages":"261-262"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2010-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87151976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2010-04-01DOI: 10.1525/ABT.2010.72.4.12.B
J. Lepri
{"title":"Animal EvolutionCreatures of Accident: The Rise of the Animal Kingdom. By Arthur Wallace . 2006. Hill and Wang (ISBN 9780809037018). 255+ pages. Paperback. $16.00.","authors":"J. Lepri","doi":"10.1525/ABT.2010.72.4.12.B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1525/ABT.2010.72.4.12.B","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50960,"journal":{"name":"American Biology Teacher","volume":"19 1","pages":"261-261"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2010-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84788895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Beginning soon, The American Biology Teacher will feature Classroom Materials Reviews , and we need an editor for this new department. Classroom Materials Reviews will be comparable to two existing ABT departments: Book Reviews (edited by Elizabeth Cowles), and Classroom Media Reviews (edited by Jeffrey Sack). The new department will publish reviews of new and innovative materials that will include, but not be limited to, biology curricula, modules, kits, and technology for collecting data in the lab and field that are available from commercial vendors. This new department will not review visual media or books, because that is the function of other departments. …
{"title":"Announcing a New ABT Department: Classroom Materials Reviews","authors":"Bill Leonard","doi":"10.1525/ABT.2010.72.3.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1525/ABT.2010.72.3.2","url":null,"abstract":"Beginning soon, The American Biology Teacher will feature Classroom Materials Reviews , and we need an editor for this new department. Classroom Materials Reviews will be comparable to two existing ABT departments: Book Reviews (edited by Elizabeth Cowles), and Classroom Media Reviews (edited by Jeffrey Sack). The new department will publish reviews of new and innovative materials that will include, but not be limited to, biology curricula, modules, kits, and technology for collecting data in the lab and field that are available from commercial vendors. This new department will not review visual media or books, because that is the function of other departments. …","PeriodicalId":50960,"journal":{"name":"American Biology Teacher","volume":"33 1","pages":"143-143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2010-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82050531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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