Teaching natural selection in early elementary classrooms: can a storybook intervention reduce teleological misunderstandings?
Abstract Background Despite the importance of understanding the mechanism of natural selection for both academic success and everyday decision-making, this concept is one of the most challenging to learn in contemporary science. In addition to cumulative socio-cultural influences, intuitive cognitiv...
Main Authors: | Sarah A. Brown, Samuel Ronfard, Deborah Kelemen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-05-01
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Series: | Evolution: Education and Outreach |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12052-020-00127-7 |
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