Research Catalog

Title

Knowledge acquisition, organization, and use in biology / edited by Kathleen M. Fisher, Michael R. Kibby.

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer, c1996.

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Additional Authors

• Fisher, Kathleen M.
• Kibby, Michael.
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division.
• NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Biology Knowledge: Its Acquisition, Organization, and Use (1992 : Glasgow, Scotland)

Description

x, 245 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

NATO ASI series. Series F, Computer and system sciences ; vol. 148

Uniform Title

NATO ASI series. Series F, Computer and systems sciences ; no. 148.

Subject

• Biology > Study and teaching > Congresses
• Constructivism (Education) > Congresses

Note

• "Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division."
• "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Biology Knowledge: Its Acquisition, Organization, and Use, held in Glasgow, Scotland, June 14-18, 1992"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Nature of knowledge in biology and its implications for teaching and learning / Maria Pilar Jimenez Aleixandre [et al.] -- The Graphic representation of biological knowledge: integrating words and images / James H. Wandersee -- Components of comprehension monitoring in the acquisition of knowledge from science texts / José Otero -- Constructive learning from texts in biology / Marlene Scardamalia [et al.] -- Darwinian and Lamarckian models used by students and their representation / Maria Pilar Jimenez Aleixandre -- Food relations of living organisms as a basis for the development of a teaching strategy directed to conceptual change / Fred G. Brinkman -- Cognitive strategies in biological thinking / Maria Arcá -- Organizing the concept of organism at the elementary school level: a case study / Silvia Caravita -- Working with personal knowledge in biology classrooms on the theme of regulation and homeostasis in living systems / Joop Buddingh -- Generating connections and learning in biology / Malka Gorodetsky and Kathleen M. Fisher -- A Folding model of concept genesis and its application to teaching biology / Gerhard Schaefer -- Biological interrelationships and water / Michael J. Brody -- The Information in relations in biology, or the unexamined relation is not worth having / Joseph Faletti and Kathleen M. Fisher -- Eliciting and representing biology knowledge with conceptual graph structures / Sallie E. Gordon -- Biological models: some significant features / John N. Honey -- Retrospective causal reasoning (RCR) in biology / Pinchas Tamir.

Call Number

JSE 96-1021

ISBN

3540604154 (alk. paper)

LCCN

95039014

OCLC

33206925

Title

Knowledge acquisition, organization, and use in biology / edited by Kathleen M. Fisher, Michael R. Kibby.

Imprint

Berlin ; New York : Springer, c1996.

Series

NATO ASI series. Series F, Computer and system sciences ; vol. 148

NATO ASI series. Series F, Computer and systems sciences ; no. 148.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Fisher, Kathleen M.

Kibby, Michael.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division.

NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Biology Knowledge: Its Acquisition, Organization, and Use (1992 : Glasgow, Scotland)

Research Call Number

JSE 96-1021