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

• Main Authors: Thilo Schramm (Author), Anika Jose (Author), Philipp Schmiemann (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: MDPI AG, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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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...