Helping Students Make Evolutionary Connections

An important goal in biology education is developing students’ “tree-thinking skills,” which are the ability to organize knowledge about biological diversity using phylogenetic or evolutionary trees. A team from Syracuse University including biology postdoctoral researcher Erin McCullough, Syracuse University Project Advance (SUPA) high school teachers Lauren Verdeflor and Alaina Weinsztock, along with Biology Professors Jason Wiles and Steve Dorus, published an article in the journal “The American Biology Teacher,” to help educators engage students in evolutionary science. Read more here.