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Peer reviewedGoodman, Scott – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 1997
Reports that creationism has been specifically banned from the Provincial curriculum as a legitimate scientific subject in all public schools and level one private schools in British Columbia. (DDR)
Descriptors: Biology, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Creationism
The Predictive Power of Evolutionary Biology and the Discovery of Eusociality in the Naked Mole-Rat.
Peer reviewedBraude, Stanton – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 1997
Discusses how biologists use evolutionary theory and provides examples of how evolutionary biologists test hypotheses on specific modes of selection and evolution. Presents an example of the successful predictive power of one evolutionary hypothesis. Contains 38 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Biology, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Evolution
Peer reviewedZuzovsky, Ruth – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1994
Describes and discusses an epistemological approach to the education of science teachers that emphasizes similarities in knowledge and modes of acquiring knowledge among children, scientists in their historical contexts, and student teachers. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Controversial Issues (Course Content), Epistemology


