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| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Prácticas experimentales en textos universitarios Edwin Germán García Arteaga, Miyerdady Marín Quintero, Tatiana Iveth Salazar López, Edgar Andrés Espinosa Ríos, Henry Giovanny Cabrera Castillo, Lisbeth Lorena Alvarado Guzmán, 2024-08-08 La importancia de la Historia de las Ciencias en la formación de profesores permite superar la visión lineal y acumulativa que se tiene del conocimiento y considerar los procesos y las dinámicas sociales inherentes a la producción del conocimiento científico teniendo en cuenta las problemáticas y contextos que lo involucran. En este sentido, la historia contextualizada de las prácticas experimentales se convierte en una herramienta importante para la enseñanza de las ciencias. Las prácticas experimentales son cada vez más visibles en los estudios sobre la Didáctica de las Ciencias, de una enseñanza de las ciencias basadas únicamente en el papel demostrativo del experimento para comprobar teorías, se ha pasado a una enseñanza que recupera el papel significativo de la práctica experimental en la construcción del conocimiento científico en el aula. Por su parte, los libros de texto utilizados a nivel universitario suelen ser considerados como guía para la formación de futuros profesionales; físicos, químicos y biólogos. Sin embargo, la investigación realizada pone en evidencia las dificultades de comunicación que se encuentra en ellos, tanto en su lenguaje lógico matemático, como en los experimentos propuestos; esto es, la retórica de los textos está orientada a reproducir contenidos y promover el aprendizaje por repetición y mecanización del conocimiento. En las páginas de este libro se encuentran los resultados del estudio realizado sobre el papel histórico de la experimentación en construcción del conocimiento científico en Física (electricidad) Química (reacción química) y Biología (genética). Así como la retórica de los textos universitarios y el papel de la práctica experimental que registra el tratamiento en dichos libros. Finalmente se recomienda la lectura de este el libro a investigadores en enseñanza de las ciencias, a docentes y estudiantes de ciencias naturales interesados en transformar sus prácticas en el aula, a los editores de libros universitarios para que consideren los aspectos importantes del desarrollo de la didáctica de las ciencias y al público en general preocupado por el significado del conocimiento científico. |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Human Adaptation and Accommodation A. Roberto Frisancho, 1993 A text that explores how humans adapt to conditions of physical stress |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: La Biología en 100 preguntas Jaione Pozuelo Echegaray, 2016-10-05 Las respuestas de la ciencia a las preguntas más relevantes en el campo de la Biología: el origen de la vida, los niveles de organización de la materia viva, la genética, la evolución, la biodiversidad, la salud y el funcionamiento del cuerpo humano. Esta obra le ayudará a entender el proceso más maravilloso del universo: la vida. El origen de la vida – La herencia genética – Evolución- Biodiversidad- Salud y enfermedad- El cuerpo humano |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Molecular Cell Biology James E. Darnell, Harvey F. Lodish, David Baltimore, 1986 Revised and updated edition (1st was 1986) of a rigorous undergraduate text that integrates molecular biology with biochemistry, cell biology, and genetics and applies the unifying insight to such problems as development, immunology, and cancer. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Bio-innovacion Dr. Jorge A. Ruiz-Vanoye, Dra. Ocotlán Díaz-Parra, 2013-06-03 La naturaleza ha creado, mejorado y diversificado los sistemas de los seres vivos desde hace muchos años. El hombre ha realizado una búsqueda constante de nuevas formas para mejorar sus condiciones de vida con el fin de reducir el esfuerzo relacionado con actividades laborales. La innovación es la creación e implementación de nuevas ideas que den un valor a los clientes o empresas. La innovación crea nuevos productos, introduce nuevos métodos de producción, abre nuevos mercados desarrolla nuevos orígenes de abastecimiento de materia prima, entre otros aspectos [1]. En este libro se abordan los temas de ciencia de la vida y la innovación presentando mediante el concepto de bio-innovación. La bio-innovación contiene aspectos relacionados a la imitación de los aspectos de la ciencia de la vida y poder mejorar las condiciones de vida del ser humano, así como proponer soluciones de diversas áreas como la ciencia y tecnología, la innovación tecnológica, las ciencias computacionales, la medicina, el transporte, la industria de procesos manufactureros, automotriz, petrolera, energética, comunicaciones, deportiva, cultural, social, de los alimentos, de los materiales, bio-tecnología, bio-ingeniería, bio-informática, bio-ciencias, electrónica, química, farmacéutica, aviación, desarrollo de software, industria de la construcción, servicios financieros, administración, fundidoras, textil, entre muchísimas otras más. Una de las formas es mediante diversos productos de innovación tecnológica creados a partir de imitar el comportamiento de los seres vivos de la naturaleza. En la sección 2 mencionaremos algunos de los más significativos. Otra de las formas para reducir el esfuerzo es mediante la creación de soluciones computacionales bio-inspiradas en la ciencia de la vida o Biología. En la sección 3 se comentan las principales técnicas, algoritmos o métodos computacionales obtenidos imitando el comportamiento de los seres vivos dentro de la naturaleza usados para dar una solución a problemas de diversas áreas e industrias. En la sección 4 se presentan los productos relacionados con la Bio-Tecnología, en la sección 5 los productos relacionados con la bio-ingeniería, y en la sección 6 los productos relacionados con la Bio-Informática. |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Temas selectos de biología I Luis Enrique Pereyra, 2020-03-01 Este libro te ayudará a construir los mejores aprendizajes y herramientas para que los apliques dentro y fuera del aula, proporcionándote así una mejor calidad de vida y un excelente desarrollo personal y profesional. |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Instructional and Cognitive Impacts of Web-Based Education Abbey, Beverly, 1999-07-01 Educators are increasingly using web sites in place of traditional content media and instructional approaches such as texts and lectures. This new teaching philosophy has led to a myriad of questions concerning instructional design principles, learners' cognitive strategies, human-Internet interaction factors and instructional characteristics of Web media that transverse political, geographic, and national boundaries. Instructional and Cognitive Impacts of Web-Based Education is a compendium of materials by noted researchers and practitioners that addresses national and international issues and implications of Web-based instruction and learning, offering suggestions and guidelines for analyzing and evaluating Web sites from cognitive and instructional design perspectives. |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Bioquímica: estructura y función de biomoléculas Bacca, Cecilia, Rozo, Claudia, Marcela, Adriana, Barrero, Lozano, 2009-12-15 Actualmente la educación superior, dentro del contexto de la globalización, se está orientando hacia el sistema de créditos en el que el trabajo autónomo e independiente del alumno es un aspecto fundamental para la formación académica y profesional. De acuerdo con lo anterior, las docentes de bioquímica del Departamento de Ciencias Básicas de la Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Ingeniería de la Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, diseñaron este cuadernillo para apoyar el trabajo independiente de los estudiantes de programas de educación superior en cuyo currículo se encuentre la asignatura de bioquímica. |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: The Origin of Life Aleksandr Ivanovich Oparin, 2003 This classic of biochemistry offered the first detailed exposition of the theory that living tissue was preceded upon Earth by a long and gradual evolution of nitrogen and carbon compounds. Easily the most scholarly authority on the question...it will be a landmark for discussion for a long time to come. — New York Times. |
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| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Life William K. Purves, 2001 Authoritative, thorough, and engaging, Life: The Science of Biology achieves an optimal balance of scholarship and teachability, never losing sight of either the science or the student. The first introductory text to present biological concepts through the research that revealed them, Life covers the full range of topics with an integrated experimental focus that flows naturally from the narrative. This approach helps to bring the drama of classic and cutting-edge research to the classroom - but always in the context of reinforcing core ideas and the innovative scientific thinking behind them. Students will experience biology not just as a litany of facts or a highlight reel of experiments, but as a rich, coherent discipline. |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Biología 1 Cuaderno de Ejercicios Sánchez Parra, Juan Manuel, 2018-06-15 Biología 1 Cuaderno de ejercicios cubre totalmente ejes, temas y aprendizajes esperados del programa de estudio; que permite a los alumnos afianzar los conocimientos dentro de la biología y utilizarlos como un referente para solucionar problemáticas del mundo natural y social. El cuaderno se divide en ocho temas, organizados en fichas de trabajo para alcanzar los aprendizajes esperados. La entrada del tema presenta el eje, el tema y el aprendizaje esperado; un título y una breve introducción que explica la importancia del tema con la vida cotidiana, y preguntas detonantes para despertar el interés del alumno. |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Basic Histology Luiz Carlos Uchôa Junqueira, José Carneiro, Robert O. Kelley, 1998 This is the leading textbook for medical histology and microscopic anatomy courses. It features an updated description of the structure and function of cells and the function and specialization of the four tissue groups: epithelial, connective, adipose, and nerve. Chapters on the cytoplasm and cell nucleus are updated to include the most recent discoveries on cell biology. It also describes the cellular function of each organ. Clinical correlations are highlighted throughout the book. |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Biología General Julián Monge-Nájera, 2002 |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Essential Forensic Biology Alan Gunn, 2011-09-09 This book is an introduction to the application of biology in legal investigations. Fully revised and updated throughout, the second edition of this highly successful textbook offers an accessible overview to the essentials of the subject providing a balanced coverage of the range of organisms used as evidence in forensic investigations; invertebrates, vertebrates, plants and microbes. The book provides an overview of the decay process and discusses the role of forensic indicators – human fluids and tissues, including blood cells, bloodstain pattern analysis, hair, teeth, bones, and wounds. It also examines the study of forensic biology in cases of suspicious death. The coverage of molecular techniques has been expanded throughout with additional material on bioterrorism and wildlife forensics now included. The use of DNA and RNA for the identification of individuals and their personal characteristics is now covered along with a discussion of the ethical issues associated with the maintenance of DNA databases. Fully revised and updated new edition of this highly successful textbook. Includes self-assessment questions at the end of each chapter and case studies. Now in full colour throughout. Includes a supplementary website (www.wileyeurope.com/college/gunn) covering additional material and self-test questions to reinforce student understanding. From the reviews of the first edition: The author does an excellent job of demonstrating how biological science can, and does, contribute to legal investigations... —THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY ...a super book ...not a book that will languish on library shelves. Buy it! —JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL EDUCATION ...naturalists and biologists will find much of interest within these books...new light on the application of their own specialism... —THE NATURALIST Overall, I give it my highest recommendation. I was unable to find a single paragraph that was no fascinating, despite being sad or gruesome at times. —E-STREAMS |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Ecology Michael Begon, Colin R. Townsend, 2020-11-11 A definitive guide to the depth and breadth of the ecological sciences, revised and updated The revised and updated fifth edition of Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems – now in full colour – offers students and practitioners a review of the ecological sciences. The previous editions of this book earned the authors the prestigious ‘Exceptional Life-time Achievement Award’ of the British Ecological Society – the aim for the fifth edition is not only to maintain standards but indeed to enhance its coverage of Ecology. In the first edition, 34 years ago, it seemed acceptable for ecologists to hold a comfortable, objective, not to say aloof position, from which the ecological communities around us were simply material for which we sought a scientific understanding. Now, we must accept the immediacy of the many environmental problems that threaten us and the responsibility of ecologists to play their full part in addressing these problems. This fifth edition addresses this challenge, with several chapters devoted entirely to applied topics, and examples of how ecological principles have been applied to problems facing us highlighted throughout the remaining nineteen chapters. Nonetheless, the authors remain wedded to the belief that environmental action can only ever be as sound as the ecological principles on which it is based. Hence, while trying harder than ever to help improve preparedness for addressing the environmental problems of the years ahead, the book remains, in its essence, an exposition of the science of ecology. This new edition incorporates the results from more than a thousand recent studies into a fully up-to-date text. Written for students of ecology, researchers and practitioners, the fifth edition of Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems is anessential reference to all aspects of ecology and addresses environmental problems of the future. |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Dimensions of Learning Teacher's Manual, 2nd ed. Robert J. Marzano, Debra J. Pickering, 2011-05-01 The premise of Dimensions of Learning an instructional framework founded on the best of what researchers and theorists know about learning is that five types, or dimensions, of thinking are essential to successful learning. These are (1) positive attitudes and perceptions about learning, (2) thinking involved in acquiring and integrating knowledge, (3) thinking involved in extending and refining knowledge, (4) thinking involved in using knowledge meaningfully, and (5) productive habits of mind. Dimensions of Learning is a valuable tool for reorganizing curriculum, instruction, and assessment. The authors discuss each of the five dimensions in detail and describe hundreds of teaching strategies that support them for example, how to help students construct meaning for declarative knowledge, internalize procedural knowledge, and see the relevance of what they are expected to learn. The authors provide many examples at the elementary and secondary classroom levels. Teachers of grades K-12 can use this information to improve teaching and learning in any content area. Note: This product listing is for the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the book. |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Assessing Student Learning Linda Suskie, 2010-07-30 The first edition of Assessing Student Learning has become the standard reference for college faculty and administrators who are charged with the task of assessing student learning within their institutions. The second edition of this landmark book offers the same practical guidance and is designed to meet ever-increasing demands for improvement and accountability. This edition includes expanded coverage of vital assessment topics such as promoting an assessment culture, characteristics of good assessment, audiences for assessment, organizing and coordinating assessment, assessing attitudes and values, setting benchmarks and standards, and using results to inform and improve teaching, learning, planning, and decision making. |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Handbook of Nature-Inspired and Innovative Computing Albert Y. Zomaya, 2006-01-10 As computing devices proliferate, demand increases for an understanding of emerging computing paradigms and models based on natural phenomena. Neural networks, evolution-based models, quantum computing, and DNA-based computing and simulations are all a necessary part of modern computing analysis and systems development. Vast literature exists on these new paradigms and their implications for a wide array of applications. This comprehensive handbook, the first of its kind to address the connection between nature-inspired and traditional computational paradigms, is a repository of case studies dealing with different problems in computing and solutions to these problems based on nature-inspired paradigms. The Handbook of Nature-Inspired and Innovative Computing: Integrating Classical Models with Emerging Technologies is an essential compilation of models, methods, and algorithms for researchers, professionals, and advanced-level students working in all areas of computer science, IT, biocomputing, and network engineering. |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Big English 6 Pupils Book Stand Alone Mario Herrera, Christopher Sol Cruz, 2014 |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Invitation to Biology Helena Curtis, 1972 |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: FAO Studies in Food and Population Maaza Bekele, 1976 Abstract: The balance between food supply and population is a major concern. The gravity of the global situation is increasingly apparent. The future ability of man to feed growing populations is regarded as a problem needing interdependent national and global solution. 21 speeches by world authorities at major FAO occasions during a 20-year period show a change in emphasis, from an attitude of adapting food production to population requirements to realization of an urgent need for simultaneous action on both fronts. Issues of agricultural development, food supply, human values, hunger, demographics, world food supplies, economic growth, population policy, innovations, and political will are addressed. |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: The End of Evolution Peter Douglas Ward, 1994 On Mass extinction and the preservation of biodiversity. |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Globe Myths and Folktales Around the World Se 92 Robert R. Potter, Alan H. Robinson, 1992-06-05 The Pearson Education Library Collection offers you over 1200 fiction, nonfiction, classic, adapted classic, illustrated classic, short stories, biographies, special anthologies, atlases, visual dictionaries, history trade, animal, sports titles and more! |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Clinical Anatomy for Medical Students Richard S. Snell, 1981 This thoroughly updated, user-friendly text teaches students about basic clinical anatomy and helps them prepare for the anatomy section of the USMLE. As a pedagogical tool to simplify the learning process, more tables have been added. Also new to this edition are: end of chapter questions that follow the National Board test format; a focus on anatomical areas that are commonly traumatized due to auto accidents, gunshot and knife wounds; and greater emphasis on pediatric anatomy. Embryological explanations about congenital defects also have been added. Chapters are organized by body region, from body surfaces to deep structures. Each chapter contains a clinical example, chapter outline, chapter objectives, clinical notes, problem-solving, and questions |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Psychology in Learning and Instruction Patricia A. Alexander, 2006 This book introduces future educators and researchers to several different psychological perspectives and uses these perspectives to introduce key issues such as knowledge acquisition and transfer, strategic process, and student motivation. As an editor and reviewer of the top journals in the field, the author is able to present the latest research in language that is accessible and understandable. Unlike other books that are organized around theoretical topics valued by psychologists, it is organized around education problems and issues deemed important by educators. |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Biología Teresa Audesirk, Gerald Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers, 2013 |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Information Theory and Esthetic Perception Abraham A. Moles, 1968 |
| la vida en la tierra teresa audesirk: Pocket Guide to Pediatric Assessment Joyce Engel, 2002 POCKET GUIDE TO PEDIATRIC ASSESSMENT offers a concise but comprehensive approach to health assessment for the pediatric client. It begins with a general description of history taking and includes approaches to children at various ages, nutritional assessment, and measurement and evaluation of vital signs. Emphasis is on how to information, including how and what to assess in each body system. Psychosocial, anatomical, and physiological development variations are incorporated as appropriate, as well as normal and abnormal findings. Concise, but comprehensive coverage is offered for pediatric health assessment. Includes physical, psychosocial, developmental, and home-based assessments. Information is presented in a practical, how to approach. Presents content in an outline format for clinical practicality. Includes the most recent information on immunizations for the U.S. and Canada. Extensively revised content reflects trends in pediatric nursing, up-to-date techniques, and currency in findings. New and expanded assessment material relates to headaches and cough. Content and strategies have been expanded for assessment of mental status, athletic injuries, nutrition, vital sign measurement, and substance abuse. Updated growth charts and immunization schedules are included. Spanish version of 2nd edition also available, ISBN: 84-8086-085-5 |
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