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@article{1181760, author = {Sorgo, Andrej and Usak, Muhammet and Kubiatko, Milan and Fančovičová, Jana and Prokop, Pavol and Puhek, Miro and Skoda, Jiří and Bahar, Mehmet}, article_number = {1}, keywords = {evolution; genetics; human evolution; nature of science; non-scientific explanations}, language = {eng}, issn = {1822-7864}, journal = {Journal of Baltic Science Education}, title = {A cross-cultural study on freshmens knowledge of genetics, evolution, and the nature of science}, volume = {13}, year = {2014} }
TY - JOUR ID - 1181760 AU - Sorgo, Andrej - Usak, Muhammet - Kubiatko, Milan - Fančovičová, Jana - Prokop, Pavol - Puhek, Miro - Skoda, Jiří - Bahar, Mehmet PY - 2014 TI - A cross-cultural study on freshmens knowledge of genetics, evolution, and the nature of science JF - Journal of Baltic Science Education VL - 13 IS - 1 SP - 6-18 EP - 6-18 SN - 18227864 KW - evolution KW - genetics KW - human evolution KW - nature of science KW - non-scientific explanations N2 - The purpose of this study was to measure the freshmens level of knowledge about genetics, evolution, human evolution, the nature of science, and opinions on evolution and the presence of non-scientific explanations among Czech, Slovakian, Slovenian and Turkish students. Determination of prior knowledge and pre-conceptions about these issues is important because they are filters to learning other related concepts. The results are going to be a starting point for developing teaching strategies concerning Darwinian evolution and preparing prospective science teachers for working with students in national and international contexts. A total of 994 first-year university students from the Czech Republic (276; 27.8%), Slovakia (212, 21.3%), Slovenia (217, 27.3%) and Turkey (235, 23.6%) participated in this study. The findings can be summarized as follows: knowledge especially that of the nature of science at the freshmen level was seriously flawed. Non-scientific explanations were present in high percentages. Both were regarded as barriers towards scientific reasoning and acceptance of general human evolution especially for students expressing orthodox religious beliefs. ER -
SORGO, Andrej, Muhammet USAK, Milan KUBIATKO, Jana FANČOVIČOVÁ, Pavol PROKOP, Miro PUHEK, Jiří SKODA and Mehmet BAHAR. A cross-cultural study on freshmens knowledge of genetics, evolution, and the nature of science. \textit{Journal of Baltic Science Education}. 2014, vol.~13, No~1, p.~6-18. ISSN~1822-7864.
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