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Edis, Taner – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 1997
Discusses the relativist apologetic strategy and describes a scenario in which the strategy could be adopted to give creationism intellectual respectability, thereby having the potential to create a climate where evolutionist arguments for an educational monopoly would not necessarily ring true. (DKM)
Descriptors: Creationism, Evolution, Science Education
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Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 2000
Presents a list of books published on the trial of John T Scopes which was held 75 years ago based on the accusation of Scopes violated state's anti-evolutionist law. (YDS)
Descriptors: Books, Creationism, Evolution, Science Education
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Miller, Kenneth R. – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 2000
Examines the accuracy of a disclaimer proposed by the state of Oklahoma to be placed in science textbooks mentioning evolution. Analyzes the scientific accuracy of the disclaimer line by line. (YDS)
Descriptors: Evolution, Misconceptions, Science Education, Textbooks
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Haught, James – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 2000
Discusses the creationist view of evolution from an evolutionist point of view. (YDS)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Creationism, Evolution, Science Education
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Shanavas, T. O. – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 1999
Compares the science/religion relationship in both Christian and Islamic countries. Presents Muslim scholars' ideas about the presence of humans on earth. Presents ideas on active nature, Noah's curse, and the age of the universe. Refutes the notion that Islam inhibited science and advocates the belief that Islam promoted science. (YDS)
Descriptors: Christianity, Creationism, Evolution, Islamic Culture
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Spieth, Philip T. – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 1998
Discusses Denton's transformation from biological typologist in 1985 to anti-Darwinian evolutionist in 1998. Argues that Denton is in step with the group of neocreationists whose tenants are denoted by the term "intelligent design". (CCM)
Descriptors: Creationism, Evolution, Higher Education, Science Education
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Wilkins, John – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 2001
Explains the term "evolution" by considering its history, Darwin's views on evolution, and evolution after the discovery of the gene. Discusses issues in evolution. (Contains 17 references.) (YDS)
Descriptors: Creationism, Evolution, Science Education, Science History
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Iqbal, Muzaffar – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 1999
Discusses the roots of science in Islam and the fundamental statement, "There is no god but God". Presents Islamic knowledge and concepts and states that "a Muslim is required to seek knowledge". This religious perspective is viewed with regard to the sciences in Islamic civilizations. (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Christianity, Creationism, Evolution, Islamic Culture
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Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 2002
Presents an interview with Pat Shipman, author of the 1994 book "Evolution of Racism." (YDS)
Descriptors: Biology, Evolution, Race, Racial Bias
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Pond, Finn; Pond, Jean – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 2002
Explores the evidence and reasoning behind the claims of biologists that variations in the genetic code are compatible with the claim of common ancestry. (Author/KHR)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Evolution, Genetics, Higher Education
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Craig, Liz – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 2000
Explains the evolution controversy in Tennessee and the Scopes trial which broke anti-evolution law in 1925. Points out that science education still carries the same conflict 75 years after the Scopes trial. (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Creationism, Elementary Secondary Education, Evolution, Politics
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Dalrymple, G. Brent – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 2000
Discusses the accuracy of dating methods and creationist arguments that radiometric dating does not work. Explains the Manson meteorite impact and the Pierre shale, the ages of meteorites, the K-T tektites, and dating the Mount Vesuvius eruption. (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Chronological Age, Creationism, Evolution, Geology
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Salovesh, Mike – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 1998
Reflects on the place of evolution in the social and life sciences. Evaluates the relationship between science and religion. (CCM)
Descriptors: Evolution, Higher Education, Religion, Religious Factors
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Carrier, Richard – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 2000
Statistics are offered to "prove" odds against the origin of life. Presents a summary analysis of all known examples to be used to check these claims whenever they are brought up in conversations, debates, books, or articles. Addresses scientific work misused by anti-evolutionists and the pseudoscientific assertions of the…
Descriptors: Creationism, Elementary Secondary Education, Evolution, Probability
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Richter, Reed – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 2002
Explains methodological naturalism in science education and describes problems related to it when the real nature of science is considered. (YDS)
Descriptors: Evolution, Naturalism, Religion, Science Education
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