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Tavares, Gustavo Medina; Bobrowski, Vera Lucia – International Journal of Science Education, 2018
The integrative role that Evolutionary theory plays within Biology is recognised by most scientific authors, as well as in governmental education policies, including Brazilian policies. However, teaching and learning evolution seems problematic in many countries, and Brazil is among those. Many factors may affect teachers' and students'…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries
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Athanasiou, Kyriacos; Mavrikaki, Evangelia – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
The primary objective of this research was to compare various groups of Greek university students for their level of knowledge of Evolution by means of Natural Selection (ENS). For the purpose of the study, we used a well known questionnaire the Conceptual Inventory of Natural Selection (CINS) and 352 biology majors and non-majors students from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Questionnaires, Science Education
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Athanasiou, Kyriacos; Papadopoulou, Penelope – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
In this study, we make an effort to compare studies that explore the factors related to acceptance of evolutionary theory among Greek and Turkish students-future teachers, using conceptual ecology for biological evolution as the theoretical framework. We aimed to look into the acceptance and the understanding of evolutionary theory and also to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evolution, Predictor Variables, Parent Background