Role Models v. Knowledge: Should we Use Different Evolution Teaching Strategies for Students with Varying Levels of Scientific Reasoning Skills?

Authors

Kenny Harrington, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Jamie Jensen, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow

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Keywords

Evolution, Education, Role Model, Reasoning Skills

Abstract

What We KNOW:

Learning the mechanisms of evolution (sometimes), i.e., Knowledge…

and having a Role Model present both serve to increase evolution acceptance.

Some have suggested that scientific reasoning ability predicts evolution acceptance, while others refute this.

We HYPOTHESIZE that students’ scientific reasoning ability moderates the effect of Knowledge on evolution acceptance. We PREDICT that those with higher reasoning skills will find Knowledge more compelling than Role Models.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Harrington, Kenny and Jensen, Jamie, "Role Models v. Knowledge: Should we Use Different Evolution Teaching Strategies for Students with Varying Levels of Scientific Reasoning Skills?" (2024). Library/Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition 2024. 54.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/library_studentposters_2024/54

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

2024-03-21

Language

English

College

Life Sciences

Department

Biology

University Standing at Time of Publication

Senior

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