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Biology education, like science education in general, is in the midst of a revolution that is worldwide in scope. The changes in the ways science education researchers think about learning and understanding represent a major paradigm shift. In this book, international leaders in the field of biology education research give summaries of problems and solutions in biology learning and teaching at various grade levels. Based on a NATO workshop in the Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology, it provides practical information for teachers, especially in using new interactive, constructivist teaching methods. For science education researchers, it offers a concise summary of a number of research issues in biology education.
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NATO ASI Series Advanced Science Institutes Series A series presenting the results of activities sponsored by the NATO Science Comm ittee , which aims at the dissemination of advanced scientific and technological knowledge, with a view to strengthening links between scientific communities. The Series is pub lished by an internat ional board of pub lishers in conjunction with the NATO Scientific Affairs Division A Life Scien ces B Physics Plenum Publishing Corporation London and New York C Math ema tical and Physical Sciences o Behavioural and Soc ial Sciences E Applied Sciences Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht , Boston and London F G H I Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York Lond on Paris Tokyo Hong Kong Barcelona Budapest Computer and Systems Sciences Ecological Sciences Cell Biology Global Environmental Change PARTNERSH IP SUB-SERIES Kluwer Acade mic Springer- Verlag Kluwer Academ ic Kluwer Academic Kluwer Academic 1. Disarmament Tec hno logies 2. Environment 3. High Technology 4. Science and Technology Policy 5. Co mpu ter Networking Publishers Publishers Publishers Publishers The Partnership Sub-Series incorporates activities undertaken in collaboration with NATO's Cooperation Partners, the countries of the CIS and Central and Eastern Europe, in Priority Areas of concern to those countries. NA TO -PCO OAT ABASE The electronic index to the NATO ASI Series provides full bibliographical references (with keywords and/or abstracts) to about 50000 co ntributions from international scientists published in all sections of the NATO ASI Series. Access to the NATO-PCO DATABASE compiled by the NATO Publication Coordi nation Office is possible in two ways: - via online FILE 128 (NATO-PCO DATABASE) hosted by ESRIN, Via Galileo Galilei, 1-00044 Frascati, Italy. - via CD-ROM "NATO Science & Tech nology Disk" with user-friendly retrieval software in English, French and German (© GmbH and DATAWARE Technologies Inc . 1992). wrv The CD-ROM can be ordered through any member of the Board of Publishers or through NATO- PCO, Overijse, Belgium. Series F: Computer and Systems Sc iences, Vo l. 148 The NATO ASI Series F Special Programme on ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY This book contains the proceedings of a NATO Advanced Research Wor kshop held w ithin the act ivities of the NATO Spec ial Programme on Advanced Educat ional Technology, running from 1988 to 1993 under the auspices of the NATO Science Committee. The books published so far in the Spec ial Programme are listed briefly, as well as in detail together with other volumes in NATO ASI Series F, at the end of this volume . Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York Barcelona Budapest Hong Kong London Milan Paris Santa Clara Singapore Tokyo Knowledge Acquisition, Organization, and Use in Biology Edited by Kathleen M. Fisher Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education San Diego State University , 6476 Alvarado Road , Suite 206 San Diego, CA 92120-6006, USA Michael R. K