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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-06-01
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Series: | Evolution: Education and Outreach |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12052-023-00186-6 |