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1. "Boost your evolution IQ": An evolution misconceptions game

   23 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Mariëlle Hoefnagels¹, Matthew Scott Taylor¹

   University of Oklahoma

   Students often enter introductory biology courses with misconceptions about evolution. For example, many students believe that traits arise when a species needs them or that evolutionary processes...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2558/?v=1

2. Helping Students to Overcome STUMPS: Scientific terms undermined by meanings peripheral to science

   20 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Kim Quillin

   Salisbury University

   Many terms and phrases that are ubiquitous in everyday use have very different meanings in science. As a result, biology students often hold prior conceptions that are difficult to change. In this...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2518/?v=1

3. The Flight Physics Concept Inventory: Reliably Evaluating Aerodynamic Lift, Drag and Associated (Naïve) Concepts of Flight in Class and In-Game

   17 Aug 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Florian Genz*¹, André Bresges¹, Kathleen A. Falconer¹

   University of Cologne

   Students often struggle to transfer conceptual understanding from isolated instruction to a coherent mental model. This is especially true for the context of flight physics, fluid dynamics, or the...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4458/?v=1