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ERIC Number: EJ849478
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-May
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0006-3568
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The Creationist Down the Hall: Does It Matter when Teachers Teach Creationism?
Moore, Randy; Cotner, Sehoya
BioScience, v59 n5 p429-435 May 2009
The responses of biology majors in their first year of college differed significantly from those of first-year non-biology majors on only 3 of the 20 items on the Measure of Acceptance of the Theory of Evolution survey instrument. Despite these differences, and regardless of whether students were or were not biology majors, several findings from the survey stand out: (a) surprisingly high percentages of students accepted creationism-based claims, (b) students' views of evolution and creationism when they entered college were strongly associated with the treatment of evolution and creationism in the students' high-school biology classes, and (c) on average, incoming biology majors' views of evolution and creationism were similar to those of nonmajors. In this article, these results are discussed relative to the ongoing popularity of creationism among biology majors and biology teachers.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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