Relationship between achievement and students' acceptance of evolution or creation in an upper-level evolution course

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-24

  Ingram, Ella L ^a,b   Nelson, Craig E ^b  

^a ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION COURSES; PEDAGOGICAL TECHNIQUES; STUDENTS' ATTITUDES; UPPER-LEVEL EVOLUTION COURSE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; RESEARCH; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EDUCATION;

EID: 33645664221     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20093     Document Type: Article

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