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SUMMARY

This article presents the scientific argument that learning methods that replace traditional nonhuman animal-consumptive methods in life sciences education—so-called alternatives to dissection—are pedagogically sound and probably superior to dissection. This article focuses on the pedagogy, a learning method’s effectiveness for conveying knowledge.