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Hawley, Patricia H.; Sinatra, Gale M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
America's rank among the lowest of developed countries in evolution acceptance rates is due, at least in part, to religious and political opposition. The negative correlations among religiosity, political ideology, and evolution acceptance in the United States have been documented repeatedly, and comfort with evolution varies by region with…
Descriptors: Evolution, Christianity, Religious Factors, Political Issues
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Hammann, Marcus; Jördens, Janina; Büschgens, Désirée – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
Student interest in plants is lacking. Therefore, we investigated potential drivers of situational interest in cultivated plants and interactions between different dimensions of interest, i.e. topic, context and learning activity. A total of 462 high school students (14-17 years of age) rated two sets of questionnaire items combining eight plants…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Horticulture, Student Interests, Context Effect