The effects of religious views and creationism on teleological reasoning, acceptance and understanding of natural selection: a preliminary mixed-methods study

Abstract Background Creationist religious views have a large influence on the public’s views and learning related to evolution, especially human evolution. Creationism has been shown to reinforce students’ design teleological stance, which creates a challenging conceptual obstacle for learning evolu...

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Main Authors: Jason R. Wingert, Gennie M. Bassett, Caitlin E. Terry, Kedai Cheng, Jimin Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-06-01
Series:Evolution: Education and Outreach
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12052-023-00186-6