Seeing the Woods for the Trees Again: Analyzing Evolutionary Diagrams in German and US University-Level Textbooks

Phylogenetic trees are important tools for teaching and understanding evolution, yet students struggle to read and interpret them correctly. In this study, we extend a study conducted by Catley and Novick (2008) by investigating depictions of evolutionary trees in US textbooks. We investigated 1197...

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Main Authors: Thilo Schramm, Anika Jose, Philipp Schmiemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Education Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/8/367