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Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Learning and Understanding: Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U.S. High Schools: Report of the Content Panel for Physics Learning and Understanding: Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U.S. High Schools Other Related Titles Learning and Understanding: Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U.S. High Schools: Report of the Content Panel for Biology (2002) Center for Education (CFE) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 47   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Design/Procedure, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Evaluation, and Manipulative and Personal Skills. Students are charged to work collaboratively but with individual accountability and to pay attention to the ethical and environmental implications of the investigation. Not all laboratories must include all the above components, but each component must be assessed twice during the course (and teachers are encouraged to “address” each component multiple times). Page 47 Front Matter (R1-R2) 1. Introduction (1-3) 2. Advanced Study in Biology: Ideal and Reality (4-6) 3. Quality and Content of the Learning Experience for Students (7-23) 4. Teachers and Teaching (24-32) 5. Outcomes (33-36) 6. Summary and Discussions of Recommendations (37-44) References (45-46) Appendix A: Charge to the Content Panels from the Parent Committee (47-49) Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Biology Content Panel Members (50-52) Appendix C: Comparison in the IB and AP Course Outlines and Corresponding Examination Questions (53-56) Appendix D: Laboratory Experience in AP and IB Biology Courses (57-59) Appendix E: Some Useful Web Sites for Advanced Biology Courses (60-61) Appendix F Conclusions and Recommendations from the 1990 NRC Report Fulfilling the Promise: Biology Education in the Nation's Schools (62-64)

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Learning and Understanding: Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U.S. High Schools - Report of the Content Panel for Biology Design/Procedure, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Evaluation, and Manipulative and Personal Skills. Students are charged to work collaboratively but with individual accountability and to pay attention to the ethical and environmental implications of the investigation. Not all laboratories must include all the above components, but each component must be assessed twice during the course (and teachers are encouraged to “address” each component multiple times).

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Learning and Understanding: Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U.S. High Schools - Report of the Content Panel for Biology Appendix D Some Useful Web Sites for Advanced Biology Courses For obvious reasons, no listing of such sites can be complete, as the Web resources relevant to biology teaching are expanding daily. Presented below is a sampling of useful sites known to the panel as of this writing; simple searches by readers will turn up many additional valuable resources. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): http://aaas.org/ Association of Science and Technology Centers: http://www.astc.org/ BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium: http://bioquest.org Biological Sciences Curriculum Study http://www.bscs.org Cornell Math and Science Gateway: http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway/ Discovery: http://www.discovery.com/ Edvotek (The Biotechnology Education Company) http://www.edvotek.com Entrez http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Entrez Instructional Materials in Science Education: http://www.ncsu.edu/imse/ Microscopy Primer: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/index.html National Association of Biology Teachers: http://www.nabt.org/ National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Learning and Understanding: Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U.S. High Schools - Report of the Content Panel for Biology National Sciences Teacher’s Association: http://www.nsta.org National Science Education Standards: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/4962.html Teaching About Evolution: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/5787.html NSF Student Summer Opportunities: http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/ehr/esie/studentops.htm NSF Teacher Enhancement Summer Opportunities: http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/ehr/esie/teso/ Exploratorium: http://www.exploratorium.edu/ Eisenhower National Clearinghouse: http://www.enc.org Lawrence Hall of Science: http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/ Access Excellence: http://www.gene.com/ae Cells Alive: http://www.cellsalive.com/ National Center for Biotechnology Information: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ The On-Line Biology Book: http://gened.emc.maricopa.edu/bio/bio181/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html

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