Arkansas passed a law requiring Bible reading in public schools in 1930, two years after passing an antievolution act. Votes on both measures, which were the result of initiatives, are compared to explain the forces that produced them. The source of support of fundamentalism is traditional southern religious attitudes. (Author/IS)

To assist teachers and others in dealing with the teaching of creationism versus evolution, this fact sheet provides a list of references found in the ERIC database. (MNS)

Details of the backgrounds of witnesses in the courtroom challenge to Arkansas' Act 590, which mandated inclusion of creationism in the school curricula, are given. Creationists look forward to the upcoming challenge of a Louisiana law. Public poll results favoring teaching of creationism in public schools are cited. (MSE)

Reviews events in the California courts surrounding a five-day trial concerning the teaching of biblical creation in the public schools. (CS)

Presents arguments against the recent "punctuated equilibrium" point of view expressed by evolutionists Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge. Reviews evidence for continuous and gradual change, as recently cited by four anthropologists in the July 9 issue of "Nature." (CS)

Compares and contrasts the theories of creationism and evolution. Includes a National Science Teachers Association position statement on the inclusion of nonscience theories in science instruction. (SK)

A legal analysis of adjudicated cases concerning public schools and prayer in the schools, study of the Bible, the teaching of evolution, and other matters in which the religion clause of the First Amendment figures heavily. (Author/MLF)

Challenges the view that the social sciences are theoretically impoverished disciplines when compared with the natural sciences. Demonstrates that the synthesis of an abstract Darwinian model of systemic adaptation and the behavioral principles of social learning produces a logical theory of sociocultural evolution. (DB)

Describes a game that illustrates the principles of population genetics and helps explain the occurrence of evolution through changes in gene frequencies. Demonstrates the importance of genetic variability in evolution: winning is achieved by a player's species becoming "completely heterozygous" for six characteristics. Players move directed by…

Describes methods and materials for an innovative laboratory exercise that centers on the concept of mimicry and illustrates the importance of adaptation, natural selection and coevolution. Students are used as predators and raisins as prey. Included are directions for preparation of unpalatable raisins using alum dissolved in reconstituted lemon…

The author defends the statement made in SO 505 260 by pointing out that creationists falsely allege that a choice exists between creationist and evolutionist theories. Even in the late 1960s, schools in the West and Northwest showed religious films and avoided use of the word "evolution." For journal availability, see SO 505 260. (AV)

Explains the misconceptions found in the traditional textbook presentation of the theory and the history of the theory of evolution. Outlines a more accurate and complete telling of the history of the discovery of evolution by natural selection. Contains 50 references. (DDR)

Examines competing claims of two explanations of sex differences in social behavior, social role theory, and evolutionary psychology. Findings associated with social role theory are weighed against evolutionary explanations. It is suggested that evolutionary theory better accounts for the overall pattern of sex differences and for their origins.…

In these divided states of America, schools should teach students how to participate in the democratic process, rather than avoid classroom conflicts. Education for citizenship in a democracy cannot happen in an artificially conflict-free environment. Citizenship's core challenge is learning to cope creatively with controversial issues (like…

Describes a series of hands-on experiments that engage students in hypothesis testing and promotes active learning of the concepts of evolution and adaptation. Laboratory exercises demonstrate how features of the hands and eyes distinguish primates from other mammals. (SOE)