Illustrated plant identification keys: An interactive tool to learn botany

An Interactive Dichotomous Key (IDK) for 390 taxa of vascular plants from the Ria de Aveiro, available on a website, was developed to help teach botany to school and universitary students. This multimedia tool includes several links to Descriptive and Illustrated Glossaries. Questionnaires answered...

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Published inComputers and education Vol. 56; no. 4; pp. 969 - 973
Main Authors Silva, Helena, Pinho, Rosa, Lopes, Lísia, Nogueira, António J.A., Silveira, Paulo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2011
Elsevier
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Applications in subject areas
Botany
Evaluation
Glossaries
High School Students
Higher Education
Identification
Illustrations
Plants (Botany)
Post-secondary education
Questionnaires
Secondary education
Teaching/learning strategies
Undergraduate Students
Web Sites
Teaching/learning strategies
Applications in subject areas
Secondary education
Post-secondary education
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Summary:An Interactive Dichotomous Key (IDK) for 390 taxa of vascular plants from the Ria de Aveiro, available on a website, was developed to help teach botany to school and universitary students. This multimedia tool includes several links to Descriptive and Illustrated Glossaries. Questionnaires answered by high-school and undergraduate students about the IDK showed that students considered it a “fully efficient” way to identify plants. Undergraduate assessment tests on plant identification, also improved after the use of IDK. The IDK is an effective multimedia tool in the teaching of botany, compared to conventional dichotomous keys (CDK).
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ISSN:0360-1315
1873-782X
DOI:10.1016/j.compedu.2010.11.011