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Direct linkSónia Cardoso; Maria João Rosa; Alberto Amaral – European Journal of Higher Education, 2024
Despite relatively recent, higher education has evolved into a consolidated field of study. This paper examines how this field evolved in Portugal. The goal was to understand when it first appeared, how it evolved over time, which scientific areas was it associated with, and what have been its main objects of study. Tight's classification of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Research, Evolution
Andrew Shtulman – Science & Education, 2025
In nature, competition within and between species is the norm, yet nature is also reputed to be a "peaceable kingdom" where animals cooperate rather than compete. This study explored how such contrasting views of nature influence students' biological reasoning. College undergraduates (n = 165) assessed the prevalence of cooperative…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Competition, Cooperation
Amanda Peel; Troy D. Sadler; Patricia Friedrichsen – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2025
Computational thinking (CT) is becoming increasingly important for K-12 science education, thus warranting new integrations of CT and science content. This intervention study integrated CT through unplugged, or handwritten, algorithmic explanations of natural selection. As students investigated natural selection in varying contexts (specific and…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Computation, Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Jon D. Miller; Belén Laspra; Carmelo Polino; Glenn Branch; Robert T. Pennock; Mark S. Ackerman – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2025
This case study focuses on a multidecade time-series study of changes in public acceptance of evolution in the United States. Change over time is often a central issue in social science research. There are two kinds of change over time. Time-series studies address change in populations or groups over time. Longitudinal studies address changes in…
Descriptors: Evolution, Public Opinion, Case Studies, Financial Support
Catie Nielson; Emma Pitt; Michal Fux; Kristin de Nesnera; Nicole Betz; Jessica S. Leffers; Kimberly D. Tanner; John D. Coley – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2025
Previous research has shown that students employ intuitive thinking when understanding scientific concepts. Three types of intuitive thinking--essentialist, teleological, and anthropic thinking--are used in biology learning and can lead to misconceptions. However, it is unknown how commonly these types of intuitive thinking, or cognitive…
Descriptors: Language Usage, College Students, Biology, Scientific Concepts
Kamali Sripathi; Aidan Hoskinson – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Genetic variation is historically challenging for undergraduate students to master, potentially due to its grounding in both evolution and genetics. Traditionally, student expertise in genetic variation has been evaluated using Key Concepts. However, Cognitive Construals may add to a more nuanced picture of students' developing expertise. Here, we…
Descriptors: Genetics, Undergraduate Students, Science Instruction, Evolution
Philip Joshua Mirkin – Discover Education, 2024
Holism evolution states that although energy, matter, life, consciousness and the human personality are independent and different substances/levels of evolution, they are holistically and intimately related. This paper presents the findings from teaching chemistry to high school science students and post-graduate university science-education…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, High School Students, Chemistry, Science Instruction
Agustín Sanguinetti; Silvina M. Rosa; Ana B. Menéndez – Journal of Biological Education, 2024
Photosynthesis is the predominant metabolic process for energy obtention in plants. Here we describe a case study where a set of anatomical, biochemical, and molecular characters are used to reconstruct the evolution of the C[subscript 4] photosynthetic pathway, within the evolutionary framework provided by the genus "Flaveria." Our main…
Descriptors: Botany, Biology, Science Instruction, Seminars
Taya Misheva; Sara E. Brownell; M. Elizabeth Barnes – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
Researchers who study student acceptance of evolution rely on surveys that are designed to measure evolution acceptance. It is important for these surveys to measure evolution acceptance accurately and in isolation from other constructs, so that researchers can accurately determine what leads to low acceptance. The Inventory of Student Evolution…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Evolution, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
Rahmi Q. Aini; Baylee A. Edwards; Alexa Summersill; Casey Epting; Yi Zheng; Sara E. Brownell; M. Elizabeth Barnes – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2025
Conflict-reducing practices during evolution instruction have been recommended to increase students' perceived compatibility between evolution and religion, increase evolution acceptance, and decrease stereotypes about religious students in science. However, the efficacy of these practices has not been demonstrated in a randomized controlled…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Conflict Resolution, Evolution, Science Instruction
Mingfeng Xue; Mark Wilson – Applied Measurement in Education, 2024
Multidimensionality is common in psychological and educational measurements. This study focuses on dimensions that converge at the upper anchor (i.e. the highest acquisition status defined in a learning progression) and compares different ways of dealing with them using the multidimensional random coefficients multinomial logit model and scale…
Descriptors: Learning Trajectories, Educational Assessment, Item Response Theory, Evolution
Kenneth Harrington; Hunter Nelson; Jordon Ockey; Austin Gibson; Jamie Jensen – American Biology Teacher, 2024
Students with religious beliefs often find it difficult to accept the theory of evolution. It is important that educators feel comfortable addressing student questions on the compatibility of evolution and religion. We designed an online professional development course that taught the foundational principles of both evolution and religion in order…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Professional Development, Religion, Evolution
Jon D. Miller; Belén Laspra; Carmelo Polino; Glenn Branch; Robert T. Pennock; Mark S. Ackerman – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2025
This case study focuses on a longitudinal study of changes in public acceptance of evolution in the United States. Change over time is often a central issue in social science research questions. There are two kinds of change over time. Time-series studies address change in populations or groups over time. Longitudinal studies address changes in…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Youth, Grade 7, Grade 10
Evangelia Mavrikaki; Giulia Realdon; Tuomas Aivelo; Ani Bajrami; Çiçek Dilek Bakanay; Anna Beniermann; Jelena Blagojevic; Egle Butkeviciene; Bento Cavadas; Costantina Cossu; Dragana Cvetkovic; Szymon M. Drobniak; Zelal Özgür Durmus; Radka Marta Dvoráková; Marcel Eens; Esra Eret; Seckin Eroglu; Malgorzata Anna Gazda; Martha Georgiou; Neil J. Gostling; Tanja Gregorcic; Vanda Janštová; Tania Jenkins; Anttoni Kervinen; Konstantinos Korfiatis; Paul Kuschmierz; Ádám Z. Lendvai; Joelyn de Lima; Fundime Miri; Teresa Nogueira; Andreas Panayides; Sylvia Paolucci; Penelope Papadopoulou; Patrícia Pessoa; Rianne Pinxten; Joana Rios Rocha; Andrea Fernández Sánchez; Merav Siani; Elvisa Sokoli; Bruno Sousa; Panagiotis K. Stasinakis; Gregor Torkar; Asta Valackiene; Máté Varga; Lucía Vázquez Ben; Anat Yarden; Xana Sá-Pinto – International Journal of Science Education, 2024
The contribution of school curricula to public understanding and acceptance of evolution is still mostly unknown, due to the scarcity of studies that compare the learning goals present in different curricula. To overcome this lack of data we analysed 19 school curricula (18 European and one from Israel) to study the differences regarding the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Evolution
Heslley Machado Silva – Journal of Biological Education, 2024
The issue of the secular state is pertinent in Latin America, especially in countries like Brazil, where religion may influence the political and educational field. Data from a survey of biology teachers regarding the teaching of evolution in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay were analysed, recognising the secularity of the countries. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Biology, Science Education
