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Cavallo, Ann M. L.; White, Kevin J.; McCall, David – Science Education Review, 2011
This study explored interrelationships among high school students' views about nature of science (NOS), acceptance of evolution, and conceptual understanding of evolution, and the extent to which these may have shifted from pre- to post-instruction on evolutionary theory. Eighty-one students enrolled in ninth-grade Biology responded to…
Descriptors: Evolution, Scientific Principles, High School Students, Teaching Methods
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Oliveira, Alandeom W.; Cook, Kristin; Buck, Gayle A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
This study examines how a first-year biology teacher facilitates a series of whole-class discussions about evolution during the implementation of a problem-based unit. A communicative theoretical perspective is adopted wherein evolution discussions are viewed as social events that the teacher can frame intellectually (i.e., present or organize as…
Descriptors: Evolution, Social Structure, Biology, Discussion (Teaching Technique)