Evaluating student achievement on this activity at the same cognitive level as the learning objective is critical. Evaluation on the same cognitive level, will allow for continued higher thought expectations and also a level of student accountability for the activity. The evaluation will be a valid measure of their understanding of the objectives. Too often students are taught on a synthesis level and evaluated on a simple-knowledge level. These test results then do not show if the educational objectives were met.
Chance favors the prepared mind.
In science, one must search for ideas. Spin Doctoring Darwin. Volume 104, Number 7, pp. 6.List at least four other examples of spin doctoring evolutionary principles that Gould has pointed out in the article. Identify and define any words found in the article which they do not understand.