Keyword

misconceptions about evolution

Description: Misconceptions about evolution are inaccurate or incomplete beliefs about evolutionary processes, studied in biology education and science communication.

Primary topic: Evolution and Science Education (77%)

OpenAlex ID: keywords/misconceptions-about-evolution

Development and evaluation of the conceptual inventory of natural selection

2002 · Dianne L. Anderson, Kathleen M. Fisher, et al. · Journal of Research in Science Teaching · 575

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The nature of naive explanations of natural selection

1998 · Michel Ferrari, Michelene T. H. Chi · International Journal of Science Education · 253

Current Status of Research in Teaching and Learning Evolution: II. Pedagogical Issues

2009 · Mike U. Smith · Science & Education · 218

The Relation Between Essentialist Beliefs and Evolutionary Reasoning

2008 · Andrew Shtulman, Laura Schulz · Cognitive Science · 213

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Young Children Can Be Taught Basic Natural Selection Using a Picture-Storybook Intervention

2014 · Deborah Kelemen, Natalie A. Emmons, et al. · Psychological Science · 195

Conceptions of natural selection: a snapshot of the sense‐making process

1994 · John Settlage · Journal of Research in Science Teaching · 176

The Myths of Human Evolution

1982 · Niles Eldredge, Ian Tattersall · Columbia University Press eBooks · 163

Students' perceptions of the nature of evolutionary theory

2005 · Zoubeida R. Dagher, Saouma Boujaoude · Science Education · 149

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Tree thinking for all biology: the problem with reading phylogenies as ladders of progress

2008 · Kevin E. Omland, Lyn G. Cook, et al. · BioEssays · 148

Evolution Challenges

2012 · Oxford University Press eBooks · 139

Understanding Evolution

2014 · Kostas Kampourakis · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 132

Accepting, understanding, teaching, and learning (human) evolution: Obstacles and opportunities

2016 · Briana Pobiner · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 125

Teleological Minds

2012 · Deborah Kelemen · Oxford University Press eBooks · 111

Creationist vs. Evolutionary Beliefs: Effects on Learning Biology

2002 · Wilbert J. McKeachie, Yi-Guang Lin, et al. · The American Biology Teacher · 99

Biology Undergraduates’ Misconceptions about Genetic Drift

2012 · T. M. Andrews, R. M. Price, et al. · CBE—Life Sciences Education · 90

The Evolution of Complex Organs

2008 · T. Ryan Gregory · Evolution Education and Outreach · 75

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Elementary errors about evolution

1983 · Richard C. Lewontin · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 74

High School Students' Perceptions of Evolutionary Theory

2001 · Chenoa S. Woods, Lawerence C. Scharmann · Lincoln (University of Nebraska) · 73

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Towards common ground in measuring acceptance of evolution and knowledge about evolution across Europe: a systematic review of the state of research

2020 · Paul Kuschmierz, Andra Meneganzin, et al. · Evolution Education and Outreach · 70

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Evolutionary theory as a guide to socioscientific decision-making

2005 · Troy D Sadler · Journal of Biological Education · 66

The nature of science as a foundation for fostering a better understanding of evolution

2019 · Craig E. Nelson, Lawrence C. Scharmann, et al. · Evolution Education and Outreach · 65

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Understanding of Evolution May Be Improved by Thinking about People

2010 · Daniel Nettle · Evolutionary Psychology · 63

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Diminish Students' Resistance to Biological Evolution

1994 · Michael P. Clough · The American Biology Teacher · 63

Cognitive Constraints on the Understanding and Acceptance of Evolution

2012 · Andrew Shtulman, Prassede Calabi · Oxford University Press eBooks · 62

Muslim Egyptian and Lebanese Students’ Conceptions of Biological Evolution

2011 · Saouma BouJaoude, Jason R. Wiles, et al. · Science & Education · 58

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Citation count: 6,135