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Influence of using methods and organizational forms on attractiveness of biology lessons for pupils
Kolesárová, Veronika ; Rajsiglová, Ina (advisor) ; Blažová, Kateřina (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis is to find out which teaching / learning methods and forms teachers use in their biology lessons and its impact on attractiveness of biology for pupils. The adjoing aims are to find out which factors influence teacher's choice of teaching / learning methods and forms, which teaching / learning methods and forms are unused and the causes of their non-use. Another adjoing aim is to determinate if there is a difference in biology lessons between lower grammar schools and primary schools. Furhermore, the adjoing aims are to compare not only the attractiveness of biology but also the popularity of teaching methods and forms by pupils of lower grammar schools and primary schools. The thesis first contains the theoretical part. The research part contains the metodology of data collection and the metodology of evaluation of these data. Furthermore this thesis contains the results of the research. The results show that monology and autodidactic teaching methods and forms predominate in biology lessons. Teachers are limited by various obstacles such as lack of time, materiál equipment of the school, the approach of colleagues and school management, different approach of pupils, approach of the teacher. For primary school pupils biology is more popular than for lower grammar...
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Title: On-the-fly Formative Assessment in Biology Lessons
CIHLÁŘOVÁ, Magdaléna
The diploma thesis deals with informal formative assessment, namely one of its methods, which is "on the fly" assessment. Methods of formative assessment are frequently discussed in the current teaching conception, as their implementation into teaching leads to the development of student's learning and at the same time it provides useful information about the process of student's learning and about the quality and effectiveness of the teacher's teaching. The means for finding out this information is often the feedback in teacher-student interactions. The aim of this thesis is to analyse the use of "on the fly" assessment in biology lessons at an elementary school. The first part of the thesis presents a literary research. The second part is devoted to the presentation of the results, in particular to the analysis of the observed lessons with focus on the frequency of interactions between the students and the teacher, using the method of providing immediate feedback. In total, ten biology lessons were analysed at one selected school. All the lessons were transcribed and deeper analysed using the ESRU model. The main goal was to identify cases when the ESRU cycle was completed and included all four sub-steps on which it is based. The results have shown the most frequent use of incomplete cycles or impaired complete ESR cycles, and at the same time it has emerged that the occurrence of immediate formative feedback is not conditioned by completeness, i.e. the presence of all the steps of the ESRU cycle. It has been also found out that the ESRU model provides important information about informal formative assessment procedures, mainly it usefully distinguishes the different steps of the interaction and thus shows its flow, which goes beyond the general description of feedback.
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Assessment in Biology Education in Tabor and surroundings
CIHLÁŘOVÁ, Magdaléna
Bachelor thesis is focused on monitoring the assessment methods used in biology lessons in Tabor and surroundings. Data was obtained through a questionnaire survey at secondary schools and grammar school with the emphasis on students' personal opinions and experiences in relation to individual assessment approaches, including experience with formative assessment, which is currently the subject of interest and discussion. This bachelor thesis consists of review devoted characterization methods and types of assessment. The practical part introduces the research results. The results showed that the oral and written examination were the most frequently used assessment instrument in the biology lessons. These instruments were also stated to be the most beneficial method from respondents' point of view. More than half of the respondents at schools in the selected region had experience with the formative assessment. There were no significant differences in using of the formative assessment between selected schools.
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Assessment in Biology Education in Ceske Budejovice and Surroundings
LIŠKOVÁ, Jana
VOMÁČKOVÁ J. 2015: Assessment in Biology Education in Ceske Budejovice and surroundings. Bachelor thesis. Faculty of Education, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice. 39 pp. Assessment is the key part to all educational and pedagogic activities. Based on this, assessment is nowadays often discussed not only in the academic sphere but also by teachers doing the practical job. This is especially viewed from the point of the effectiveness and adequacy of individual assessment methods in concrete subjects taught. The aim of this bachelor thesis was to monitor assessment methods currently used in Biology lessons. This has been done through questionnaires used with grammar school students and elementary school students attending the second level study in the Ceske Budejovice region. The results show assumptive assessment methods prevail with teachers mainly focusing on the students knowing definitions, facts and formulae. New activating methods are being introduced in Biology lessons, which makes the assessment of students' performance more difficult. Formative assessment might be the answer to this. In the part of the questionnaire where the students´ personal experience, preferences and opinions have been monitored, it has been found out students themselves consider this type of assessment more motivating and beneficial then the assumptive one.
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Assessment in Biology Education in Prachatice and Surroundings
MIESBAUEROVÁ, Lucie
Bachelor thesis is focused on methods of assessment which are using during biology lessons at secondary schools and grammar school in Prachatice. In this thesis is covered general exploration which devotes methods of assessment and theirs characteristics. There are also results of questionnaire which is bearded on assessment during biology lessons. It was found out that the most using form of assessment is written examination and the least using form is oral examination. Afterwards was found out that there is not significant contrast between pupil who have heard about the term formative assessment and pupil who have never heard the term. Respondents considered formative assessment more motivating than summative assessment.
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