Ashley R. Alred
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
6 Papers
Ashley R. Alred is an academic researcher from University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The author has contributed to research in topics: Scientific literacy & Heuristics. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 6 publications.
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Papers
Understanding Factors Related to Undergraduate Student Decision-Making about a Complex Socio-Scientific Issue: Mountain Lion Management.
Ashley R. Alred,Jenny M. Dauer +1 more
TL;DR: This article explored the factors related to students' decision making about mountain lion management by examining if students' value orientations, identity, or knowledge predicted their management decisions before, during, and after engaging in structured decision-making where they performed a tradeoffs analysis.
Exploring Student Ideas about Biological Variation.
Ashley R. Alred,Jennifer H. Doherty,Laurel M. Hartley,Cornelia B. Harris,Cornelia B. Harris,Jenny M. Dauer +5 more
TL;DR: A qualitative framework is created that describes levels of proficiency in student ideas about biological variation by evaluating written assessments and interviews of grades 6–16 students about starting a captive breeding programme for species conservation and describes alternative conceptions related to biological variation and natural selection.
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Student representations and conceptions of ecological versus social sciences in a conservation course
TL;DR: This paper found that although students held similar conceptions of the nature of science for both ecology and sociology disciplines, there were notable differences in how often and how accurately students applied discipline-specific knowledge when modeling a socio-ecological system.
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