This paper introduces some contemporary education strategies and recent trends in teaching and learning. The report then reviews the general condition of a botany course in Beijing Forestry University. Based on the weakness of conventional teaching methods and the advantages of contemporary education strategies, five possible approaches are used to modify the botany course: concept mapping; PBL...

3Department of Botany, Box 355325, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 USA; 4Department of Biology, Life Sciences Consortium, and Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, Pennsylvania State University, 208 Mueller Lab, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 USA; 5Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, 1735 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 4...

*University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Institute of Botany, Gregor Mendel-Strasse 33, 1180 Wien, Austria, and Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science (VIAS), Archaeobotany, c/o Institute of Palaeontology, Geozentrum, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Wien, Austria; yUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Institute of Integrative Nature Conservation Research, Greg...

In 1987, Dr. Bruce Porter began work at the University of Texas at Austin on the Botany Knowledge Base Project. The goal of the project is to develop a largescale multi-functional knowledge base in the area of Botany. This Botany Knowledge Base (BKB) is used to support research projects in question answering, automated modeling, and intelligent tutoring. Due to the size and complexity of the BK...

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