What is alive? Students’ conceptions of the traits that unite living organisms
We provide the first examination of how students in undergraduate introductory biology courses characterize what it means to be alive, drawing upon data collected from an in-class activity on the first day of class at both a two-year college and a four-year university.
Authors
- Meredith A. Dorner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3494-6377)
- Jeremy Hsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5600-2345)
Institutions
- Irvine Valley College (US)
- Chapman University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- AJP Advances in Physiology Education
- Published
- 2026-03-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00139.2025
- Primary Topic
- Science Education and Pedagogy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00