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A Call to Use Cultural Competence When Teaching Evolution to Religious College Students: Introducing Religious Cultural Competence in Evolution Education (ReCCEE)
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Barnes, M. Elizabeth; Brownell, Sara E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
Low acceptance of evolution among undergraduate students is common and is best predicted by religious beliefs. Decreasing students' perceived conflict between religion and evolution could increase their acceptance of evolution. However, college biology instructors may struggle with trying to decrease students' perceived conflict between religion…
Descriptors: Evolution, College Science, Biology, Science Instruction
A Twenty-Year Survey of Science Literacy among College Undergraduates
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Impey, Chris; Buxner, Sanlyn; Antonellis, Jessie; Johnson, Elizabeth; King, Courtney – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2011
First results from a 20-year survey of science knowledge and attitudes toward science among undergraduates are presented. Nearly 10,000 students taking astronomy as part of a general education requirement answered a set of questions that overlap a science literacy instrument administered to the general public by the National Science Foundation.…
Descriptors: Likert Scales, Scientific Literacy, Science Education, Surveys