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ERIC Number: EJ446456
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Teaching Evolution: Understanding and Applying the Nature of Science.
Scharmann, Lawrence C.; Harris, William M., Jr.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v29 n4 p375-88 Apr 1992
Indicates statistically significant increases for participants in three-week institute involving measures of their acceptance of theory of evolution, measures of their understanding of both applied evolutionary principles and nature of applied science, and measures of their reduced anxieties regarding teaching of evolution. Further, participants retained effects of institute as indicated on all measures, eight months later. (39 references) (JJK)
Descriptors: Evolution, Inservice Teacher Education, Pretests Posttests, Science Education, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Policymakers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Note: Special Issue. Teaching about the History and Nature of Science and Technology.