Principles of Life
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Beschreibung
Building on the modern biology classroom elements of the second edition, Principles of Life, Third Edition, integrates several new features designed to involve students actively in mastering concepts and becoming skilful at solving biological problems, as well as developing the skills needed of modern biologists. A key strategy is to integrate the six “core competencies” laid out in the AAAS Vision and Change report:
1) the ability to apply the process of science2) the ability to use quantitative reasoning3) the ability to use modeling and simulation4) the ability to tap into the interdisciplinary nature of science5) the ability to communicate and collaborate with other disciplines6) the ability to understand relationships between science and society
Key Concepts: Dividing chapters into sections, every Key Concept explores a single essential concept in light of established facts and relevant experimental evidence, providing the conceptual framework for the chapter, exercises, and questions ahead
Learning Objectives: Learning Objectives are provided at the start of each Key Concept. The goal of Learning Objectives is to help students focus their attention as they read each section
Investigations with Analyse the Data: The goal of the Investigations is to help students master both big concepts in biology and Vision and Change competencies. This is done by illustrating a real study and having students analyse real data
Review & Apply: This chapter feature is designed to briefly summarise the previous section, and help students master concepts and competencies through questions. R&A questions are concept-specific, aligning with the Learning Objectives
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Chapter Opener with Question: A short introduction with an attention-grabbing photo and compelling question
Think Like a Scientist: A major goal of the new edition is to align the text with the Vision and Change recommendations, especially as they relate to the students’ acquisition of the six core competencies. TLAS boxes explicitly develop these core competencies, and have been designed specifically to teach students the skills needed to become functional, practical, effective scientists. TLAS questions are high level and try to have students integrate concepts across the chapter or across chapters, and ask students to do something
Visual Summary: Visual Summaries conclude every chapter, providing students with a visually-compelling checklist, emphasising major chapter concepts through key figures, bullets, and lower-level Bloom’s questions
In-Figure Questions: Incorporated into figures, these questions are designed to engage students and help them think about the implications of the figure/diagram. In-figure questions tend to be lower level Bloom’s, and are often amenable to in-class discussion
Title is also available as part of a set: Principles of Life (978-1-319-00578-8)
Autor*in
David M. Hillis
Themen in »Principles of Life«
bacteria behavior biology biotechnology cell cell membrane chromosome ecology eukaryotes fungi genetics nutrition population reproduction water