A Writing Template for Probing Students' Botanical Sense of Place

Autor/inn/en	Wandersee, James H.; Clary, Renee M.; Guzman, Sandra M.
Titel	A Writing Template for Probing Students' Botanical Sense of Place
Quelle	In: American Biology Teacher, 68 (2006) 7, S.419-422 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-7685
Schlagwörter	Writing Assignments; Plants (Botany); Biology; Science Instruction; Constructivism (Learning); Recall (Psychology); Relevance (Education); Educational Strategies; Prior Learning; Student Motivation; Cognitive Structures; Community Colleges; Research Universities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pflanze; Biologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Abberufung; Relevance; Relevanz; Lehrstrategie; Vorkenntnisse; Schulische Motivation; Cognitive structure; Kognitive Struktur; Community college; Community College; Forschungseinrichtung
Abstract	Writing can be a powerful tool for learning biology. Writing assignments in biology could help students personalize and understand the biology knowledge they are studying. In this article, the authors present the "Botanical Sense of Place" (BSP), a convenient and easy-to-use writing template that they developed to elicit and probe students' prior experiences, associations, and knowledge about plants that they have encountered during their daily lives--from childhood through youth, and up to the present. The BSP writing template is comprised of 17 memory probes, five writing prompts, and three plant biology concept linkages. The purpose of the BSP writing template is to help students notice, see significance, and reflect upon the plant life (landscape) surrounding them. The authors have found that using the BSP is an excellent way to begin plant biology instruction. Furthermore, their self-report data show this technique is effective in winning reluctant students by identifying--and later teaching botanical lessons--with plant examples that students have supplied themselves. (Contains 1 figure.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10