Teaching evolution: Narratives with a view from three southern biology teachers in the USA

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 762-790

  Goldston, M Jenice ^a   Kyzer, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Secondary; Sociocultural influences

Indexed keywords

CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION; CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HIGH SCHOOL; PRIMARY DATA; SECONDARY; SOCIOCULTURAL INFLUENCES; STATE STANDARDS;

BIOLOGY; CURRICULA;

TEACHING;

EID: 69649085464     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20289     Document Type: Article

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