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Teleological reasoning, not acceptance of evolution, impacts students' ability to learn natural selection
2017
Evolution: Education and Outreach
How acceptance of evolution relates to understanding of evolution remains controversial despite decades of research. It even remains unclear whether cultural/attitudinal factors or cognitive factors have a greater impact on student ability to learn evolutionary biology. This study examined the influence of cultural/attitudinal factors (religiosity, acceptance of evolution, and parents' attitudes towards evolution) and cognitive factors (teleological reasoning and prior understanding of natural
doi:10.1186/s12052-017-0070-6
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