Assessment of Biology Majors' Versus Nonmajors' Views on Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design

Evolution: Education and Outreach

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-83

  Paz Y Miño, Guillermo ^a   Espinosa, Avelina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; College education; Creationism; Evolution; Intelligent design

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949508526     PISSN: 19366426     EISSN: 19366434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12052-008-0096-x     Document Type: Article

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