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Is HS evolution education any better in AP Biology classes?

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Section 1: Background information
-ask for participants sex, age, classification, major, what high school they attended
Section 2: Series of 24 statements about the theory of evolution and the nature of science; participants can agree on a scale of 1-5

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What are the consequences of better science education?

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-Include sections of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills curriculum on evolution
-Discuss the Board of Education members (conservative majority)

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Dr. James Ott teaches Evolution at TXST. On his syllabus he includes the grade distribution of his students over the past 9 semesters. Over the past 9 semesters, nearly 40% of his students fail his class. Only 6% get an A. How can this be fixed?

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Evolution: Education and Outreach - really useful scientific journal

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As of January 2013 Evolution: Education & Outreach is a peer-reviewed open access journal published under the brand SpringerOpen. From 2013 onward all new articles published in the journal are freely and permanently available online for anyone, anywhere and at any time. This journal promotes accurate understanding and comprehensive teaching of evolutionary theory for a wide audience.

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-pull various Texas HS biology syllabi from websites (construct a map, and compare to survey results)

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-survey undergraduate students enrolled in Biological Anthropology
-survey permitted by Dr. Ashley McKeown

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Examines the accuracy of  high school science textbooks - how theories, facts, and laws are defined

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Students have trouble understanding "deep time"; makes evolution harder to fathom
Social/Religious/Political influences affect how students receive evolution

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Demonstrates that scientists and school board members are constantly trying to tweak how evolution is taught - it comes down to specific wording

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Surveyed high school biology teachers that don't support the theory of evolution. Found that 16% of biology teachers don't support.

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-Studied the attitudes of undergraduates at the University of Missouri-Columbia regarding evolution
-Replicate the survey used by Cunningham and Wescott at Texas State University