Why Don't Undergraduates Really "Get" Evolution? What Can Faculty Do?

Evolution Challenges: Integrating Research and Practice in Teaching and Learning about Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nelson, Craig E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual change; Evolution acceptance; Intentional design; Misconceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922760596     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199730421.003.0014     Document Type: Chapter

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