Models Role within Active Learning in Biology. A Case Study

dc.creator	Irina Pop-Păcurar
dc.creator	Felicia Doina Tirla
dc.date	2009-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:12:26Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:12:26Z
dc.identifier	2065-1430
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/dada498bc4bd4f07b4f3a00781aea9b5
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/15227
dc.description	In order to integrate ideas and information creatively, to motivate students and activate their thinking, we have used in Biology classes a series of active methods, among which the methods of critical thinking, which had very good results. Still, in the case of some intuitive, abstract, more difficult topics, such as cellular structure, microscopic processes, the transmission of hereditary features etc., the methods of critical thinking can be insufficient, because they stimulate students’ imagination, whereas this does not always conform to real, correct representations. We wanted to compensate this weakness through the integration of the model method in the strategies of active learning. By using teaching materials like models that provide information in more ways (visual, tactile, auditory), the students can better infer phenomena, processes that happen at an intangible, everyday life (cellular division, processes inside the living organisms etc.). In this study we shall present the results obtained by students in the Biology class after introducing the model technique in the active learning strategies, results which have proved to be superior to those obtained by traditional methods.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
dc.relation	http://adn.teaching.ro/
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2065-1430
dc.source	Acta Didactica Napocensia, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 41-50 (2009)
dc.subject	model-based learning methods
dc.subject	active learning
dc.subject	biology lesson
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	Models Role within Active Learning in Biology. A Case Study
dc.type	article