A Global Perspective of the Variables Associated with Acceptance of EvolutionEvolution: Education and Outreach - - 2012
Benjamin C. Heddy, Louis S. Nadelson
Abstract
The controversy of biological evolution due to conflicts with personal beliefs and worldviews is a phenomenon that spans many cultures. Acceptance of evolution is essential for global advancement in science, technology, and agriculture. Previous research has tended to focus on the factors that can influence acceptance of evolution by culture or c...... hiện toàn bộ
Not “Just a Theory”Evolution: Education and Outreach - Tập 2 - Trang 738-739 - 2009
Paula Ann Spaeth
A state-by-state comparison of middle school science standards on evolution in the United StatesEvolution: Education and Outreach - Tập 10 - Trang 1-19 - 2017
Bertha Vazquez
The focus of this study is a state-by-state comparison of middle school science standards on evolution in the United States. In 2009, Louise Mead and Anton Mates reviewed the high school science standards on evolution, giving each state a grade based on multiple factors including the number of times the word “evolution” is mentioned, the types of evolution covered, and the inclusion of creationist...... hiện toàn bộ
The Evolutionary Emergence of Vertebrates From Among Their Spineless RelativesEvolution: Education and Outreach - Tập 2 - Trang 204-212 - 2009
Philip C. J. Donoghue, Mark A. Purnell
The evolutionary origin of vertebrates has been debated ad nauseam by anatomists, paleontologists, embryologists, and physiologists, but it is only now that molecular phylogenetics is providing a more rigorous framework for the placement of vertebrates among their invertebrate relatives that we can begin to arrive at concrete conclusions concerning the nature of ancient ancestors and the sequence ...... hiện toàn bộ
Walking the Walk to Teach the Talk: Implementing Ancestral Lifestyle Strategies as the Newest Tool in Evolutionary StudiesEvolution: Education and Outreach - Tập 4 - Trang 41-51 - 2011
Steven M. Platek, Glenn Geher, Leslie Heywood, Hamilton Stapell, J. Ryan Porter, Tia Y. Walters
The learning of evolutionary theory typically takes place in the classroom or laboratory. Students of these traditional approaches often leave with the notion that applications of evolutionary theory have little bearing on their lives. The Evolutionary Studies Consortium (EvoS;
evostudies.org
) has been extremely successful in overcoming these barrie...... hiện toàn bộ