Upper secondary and first-year university students explanations of animal behaviour Universiteit Antwerpen
In 1963, the Nobel Prize-winning ethologist Niko Tinbergen proposed a framework for the scientific study of animal behaviour by outlining four questions that should be answered to have a complete understanding: causation, ontogeny, function and evolution. At present, Tinbergens framework is still considered the best way to guide animal behavioural research. Given the importance in science instruction of demonstrating how scientists work and ask ...