Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 16 |
Descriptor
Creationism | 27 |
Evolution | 27 |
Misconceptions | 27 |
Science Education | 15 |
Biology | 12 |
Scientific Concepts | 9 |
Science Instruction | 8 |
Student Attitudes | 8 |
Higher Education | 7 |
Controversial Issues (Course… | 6 |
Religious Factors | 6 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Boudry, Maarten | 2 |
Losh, Susan Carol | 2 |
Nzekwe, Brandon | 2 |
Alexakos, Konstantinos | 1 |
Alters, Brian J. | 1 |
Barbetta, Valentina | 1 |
Bartelt, Karen | 1 |
Berti, Anna Emilia | 1 |
Blancke, Stefaan | 1 |
Braeckman, Johan | 1 |
De Cruz, Helen | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Education Level
Higher Education | 5 |
Elementary Secondary Education | 4 |
Secondary Education | 3 |
Postsecondary Education | 2 |
Early Childhood Education | 1 |
Elementary Education | 1 |
Grade 3 | 1 |
High Schools | 1 |
Primary Education | 1 |
Audience
Practitioners | 1 |
Teachers | 1 |
Location
United Kingdom | 2 |
Austria | 1 |
Minnesota | 1 |
Philippines | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Berti, Anna Emilia; Barbetta, Valentina; Toneatti, Laura – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
This study examines how third-graders' conceptions about the origin of species are affected by formal instruction and whether children can learn not only about evolution but also about natural selection. We interviewed the same group of third-grade children (8-9 years old) twice, before and after following a curriculum about these topics.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level
Foster, Collin – Primary Science, 2014
Evolution offers an intellectually satisfying and extremely well-supported explanation for the diversity of life in the natural world, its similarities and differences, how changes occur and how new life forms have developed. There are plenty of reasons to anticipate the teaching of evolution with exhilaration. In recent years, the issue of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Curriculum, Teaching Methods, Teaching Models
Foster, Colin – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
This position paper argues that students' understanding and acceptance of evolution may be supported, rather than hindered, by classroom discussion of creationism. Parallels are drawn between creationism and other scientific misconceptions, both of the scientific community in the past and of students in the present. Science teachers frequently…
Descriptors: Evidence, Evolution, Biology, Conflict
Pigliucci, Massimo; Boudry, Maarten – Science & Education, 2011
Genes are often described by biologists using metaphors derived from computational science: they are thought of as carriers of information, as being the equivalent of "blueprints" for the construction of organisms. Likewise, cells are often characterized as "factories" and organisms themselves become analogous to machines. Accordingly, when the…
Descriptors: Criticism, Genetics, Biology, Figurative Language
Blancke, Stefaan; Boudry, Maarten; Braeckman, Johan; De Smedt, Johan; De Cruz, Helen – Journal of Biological Education, 2011
Creationists are becoming more active in Europe. We expect that European biology teachers will be more frequently challenged by students who introduce creationist misconceptions of evolutionary theory into the classroom. Moreover, research suggests that not all teachers are equally prepared to deal with them. To make biology teachers aware of what…
Descriptors: Evolution, Scientific Methodology, Creationism, Biology
Eder, Erich; Turic, Katharina; Milasowszky, Norbert; Van Adzin, Katherine; Hergovich, Andreas – Science & Education, 2011
The present study is the first to investigate the relationships between a multiple set of paranormal beliefs and the acceptance of evolution, creationism, and intelligent design, respectively, in Europe. Using a questionnaire, 2,129 students at secondary schools in Vienna (Austria) answered the 26 statements of the Revised Paranormal Belief Scale…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evolution, Creationism, Correlation
Losh, Susan Carol; Nzekwe, Brandon – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2011
Pseudoscience beliefs (e.g., astrology, ghosts or UFOs) are rife in American society. Most research examines creation/evolution among liberal arts majors, general public adults, or, infrequently, middle or high school science teachers. Thus, research truncates the "range" of ersatz science thinking and the samples it studies. We examined diverse…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Attitudes
Losh, Susan Carol; Nzekwe, Brandon – Science & Education, 2011
Faculty have long expressed concern about pseudoscience belief among students. Most US research on such beliefs examines evolution-creation issues among liberal arts students, the general public, and occasionally science educators. Because of their future influence on youth, we examined basic science knowledge and several pseudoscience beliefs…
Descriptors: Evidence, Preservice Teachers, Creationism, Preservice Teacher Education
Alexakos, Konstantinos – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2009
In his December editorial on Michael Reiss, Kenneth Tobin ("Cult Stud Sci Educ" 3:793-798, 2008), raises some very important questions for science and science teachers regarding science education and the teaching of creationism in the classroom. I agree with him that students' creationist ideologies should be treated not as misconceptions but as…
Descriptors: Evolution, Ideology, Creationism, Science Teachers
Plutynski, Anya – Science & Education, 2010
A variety of different arguments have been offered for teaching "both sides" of the evolution/ID debate in public schools. This article reviews five of the most common types of arguments advanced by proponents of Intelligent Design and demonstrates how and why they are founded on confusion and misunderstanding. It argues on behalf of teaching…
Descriptors: Evolution, Public Schools, Persuasive Discourse, Discourse Analysis
Torres, Jesus Rodrigo F. – Astronomy Education Review, 2009
This article describes research on conceptions of preservice science teachers in their fourth year of undergraduate studies relating to: whether Earth is the center of the Universe; whether the sky is a literal vault or dome; whether Earth is flat or round; the timeline of the formation of the Universe; and the age of the Earth. The results, which…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Astronomy, Science Teachers, Misconceptions
Knowing the Natural World: The Construction of Knowledge about Evolution in and out of the Classroom
Perkins, Alison Emily Havard – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Evolution is a central underlying concept to a significant number of discourses in civilized society, but the complexity of understanding basic tenets of this important theory is just now coming to light. Knowledge about evolution is constructed from both formal and "free-choice" opportunities, like television. Nature programs are commonly…
Descriptors: Evolution, Misconceptions, Learning Processes, Physical Environment
Goheen, Michael W. – Journal of Education & Christian Belief, 2007
Faithful Christian engagement in education means both being at home and at odds with dominant culture. This stance of critical participation should produce an unbearable tension: can one both live in solidarity and dissent? Yet this unbearable tension is often not present in Christian experience--why? This article suggests four reasons: the…
Descriptors: Christianity, Religious Factors, Cultural Influences, Biblical Literature
Nehm, Ross H.; Schonfeld, Irvin Sam – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2007
This study investigated whether or not an increase in secondary science teacher knowledge about evolution and the nature of science gained from completing a graduate-level evolution course was associated with greater preference for the teaching of evolution in schools. Forty-four precertified secondary biology teachers participated in a 14-week…
Descriptors: Evolution, Teacher Characteristics, Scientific Principles, Biology

Sinclair, Anne; Pendarvis, Murray Patton – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1998
Describes a study designed to assess students' understanding and acceptance of the credibility of the scientific evidence supporting evolution. Discusses results and implications and offers thoughtful advice to professors on how to ameliorate the divisiveness resulting from this controversy. (DKM)
Descriptors: Biology, Creationism, Evolution, Higher Education
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1 | 2