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The Positive Effect of Role Models in Evolution Instruction

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Title The Positive Effect of Role Models in Evolution Instruction
Creator Holt, Emily A. Ogden, T. Heath Durham, Susan L.
Description Background: Previous research has identified numerous factors to explain why students have difficulty learning about evolution. Some of these factors include a student’s background (including their religion and major of study), the type of evolution instruction, and the inclusion of the nature of science (NOS) instruction. Sparse but more recent work has investigated the impact of a religious-scientist role model to help dampen perceptions of conflict between evolutionary science and...
Date 2018-08-24T07:00:00Z
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Identifier https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/eco_pubs/72 info:doi/10.1186/s12052-018-0086-6 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/context/eco_pubs/article/1071/viewcontent/s12052_018_0086_6.pdf
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Source Ecology Center Publications
Publisher Hosted by Utah State University Libraries
Contributor Springer
Subject Evolution Mormon Role model Nature of science Religion Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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