Current status of research in teaching and learning evolution: II. Pedagogical issues

MU Smith - Science & Education, 2010 - Springer
This is the second of two articles that address recent scholarship about teaching and
learning about evolution. This second review seeks to summarize this state of affairs and …

Accepting, understanding, teaching, and learning (human) evolution: Obstacles and opportunities

B Pobiner - American journal of physical anthropology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Questions about our origin as a species are universal and compelling. Evolution—and in
particular human evolution—is a subject that generates intense interest across the world …

[BOOK][B] Evolution vs. creationism: An introduction

EC Scott - 2008 - books.google.com
The evolution versus creationism conflict is here to stay. Even after their devastating defeat
in the Kitzmiller v. Dover decision, advocates of intelligent design and other forms of …

[BOOK][B] Teaching and learning about science: Language, theories, methods, history, traditions and values

D Hodson - 2009 - books.google.com
Findings generated by recent research in science education, international debate on the
guiding purposes of science education and the nature of scientific and technological literacy …

Measuring knowledge of natural selection: A comparison of the CINS, an open‐response instrument, and an oral interview

RH Nehm, IS Schonfeld - … Teaching: The Official Journal of the …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Growing recognition of the central importance of fostering an in‐depth understanding of
natural selection has, surprisingly, failed to stimulate work on the development and rigorous …

Defeating creationism in the courtroom, but not in the classroom

MB Berkman, E Plutzer - Science, 2011 - science.org
Just over 5 years ago, the scientific community turned its attention to a courtroom in
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Eleven parents sued their Dover, Pennsylvania, school board to …

Evolution and creationism in America's classrooms: a national portrait

MB Berkman, JS Pacheco, E Plutzer - PLoS biology, 2008 - journals.plos.org
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Attending to affect

D Fortus - Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2014 - weizmann.elsevierpure.com
A bit more than 10 years after Alsop and Watts pointed out that “Despite the widespread
belief that emotions are a central part of learning and teaching, contemporary work in …

Using Rasch theory to guide the practice of survey development and survey data analysis in science education and to inform science reform efforts: An exemplar …

WJ Boone, JS Townsend, J Staver - Science Education, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Over many decades, science education researchers have developed, validated, and used a
wide range of attitudinal instruments. Data from such instruments have been analyzed …

US science teaching and learning of evolution: A critical review of the literature 2000–2014

AL Glaze, MJ Goldston - Science Education, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This critical analysis examined research on evolution in the United States between the years
2000–2014, spanning early classroom implementation of the National Science Education …