Theme-Based Instruction: Making Conceptual Ties with the Sickle Cell Story

Sherry S. Herron; John Parr; Bridgette Davis; Parker Nelson

doi:10.1525/abt.2010.72.7.6

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Sherry S. Herron,^* John Parr,^* Bridgette Davis,^* Parker Nelson^**

^*Sherry S. Herron (sherry.herron@usm.edu) is Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive no. 5087, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001, where John Parr (John.parr@usm.edu) is a graduate assistant and Bridgette Davis (bridgette.l.davis@usm.edu) is an instructor.
^**Parker Nelson (parker.nelson@hpsd.k12.ms.us) is Assistant Principal at Hattiesburg High School, 301 Hutchinson Avenue, Hattiesburg, MS 39401.

Abstract

We describe the concepts and resources presented during a workshop offered to high school biology teachers using sickle cell disease as a theme in a biology course. We provide their pretest and posttest results and reactions.

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Sherry S. Herron, John Parr, Bridgette Davis, and Parker Nelson "Theme-Based Instruction: Making Conceptual Ties with the Sickle Cell Story," The American Biology Teacher 72(7), 422-426, (1 September 2010). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2010.72.7.6

Published: 1 September 2010