20.500.12556/RUL-125225 Effectiveness of digital and paper-based identification keys for plants with Slovenian pre-service teachers Teaching about biodiversity and its conservation could be an effective way to teach the importance of different species and human dependence on ecological support systems. This study compares the effectiveness of a digital and a paper-based dichotomous identification key for teaching pre-service teachers about plantspecies diversity. Twenty-four Slovenian teachers in pre-service training used a digital version of the key on tablet computers and twenty-nine used a paper-based version to identify woody species in the garden near their university faculty. Both keys contained the same species, identical photographs and the same sequence of steps to identify the species. The accuracy and time taken to identify the five species were measured. The participants also completed a questionnaire about the usability of the identification key. Overall, both versions of the key were equally good for determining species names. The digital version of the key was found to be more time-effective than the paper version only when multiple identification steps were required to identify species. The results confirm that those who scored better on the identification tasks have a better general opinion about the usability of the key; especially students using digital version of the key. Implications for teachers using or creating identification keys are discussed in the conclusion. identification key plants pre service teacher plant determination usability of identification key določevalni ključi rastline bodoči učitelji true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2021-03-09 06:24:49 2021-03-22 07:58:12 2025-09-11 11:50:06 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 Str. 619-627 iss. 2 Vol. 10 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 37.091.31:50 2165-8714 10.12973/eu-jer.10.2.619 53970179 Effectiveness.pdf Effectiveness.pdf 1 67DA8DF0E813CD60B90BD37A13F044A0 753590415acd454e55ff80ae06761892177e24b0434cdc14aa2060bdc1331e4f 2e4ad69c-1ab6-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=207524 https://www.eu-jer.com/effectiveness-of-digital-and-paper-based-identification-keys-for-plants-with-slovenian-pre-service-teachers 0 2e73faa9-8ef4-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=216926 Pedagoška fakulteta 0 0 0