A new measure of students' perceived conflict between evolution and religion (PCoRE) is a stronger predictor of evolution acceptance than understanding or …

ME Barnes, K Supriya, Y Zheng… - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2021 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Evolution is controversial among students and religiosity, religious affiliation, understanding
of evolution, and demographics are predictors of evolution acceptance. However …

Generative ai for culturally responsive science assessment: A conceptual framework

M Nyaaba, X Zhai, MZ Faison - Education Sciences, 2024 - search.proquest.com
In diverse classrooms, one of the challenges educators face is creating assessments that
reflect the different cultural backgrounds of every student. This study presents a novel …

Isolation, resilience, and faith: Experiences of Black Christian students in biology graduate programs

AN Google, CD Bowen, SE Brownell… - Journal of Research in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
To increase participation of students of color in science graduate programs, research has
focused on illuminating student experiences to inform ways to improve them. In biology …

Christianity as a concealable stigmatized identity (CSI) among biology graduate students

ME Barnes, SA Maas, JA Roberts… - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2021 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Recent research has begun to explore the experiences of Christian undergraduates and
faculty in biology to illuminate reasons for their underrepresentation. In this study, we …

Exploring black undergraduate students' communication and biology education experiences about COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic

CD Bowen, AR Summersill, AN Google… - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2023 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Effective communication about science is a core skill undergraduates should learn, but little
research has explored how students communicate about culturally controversial science …

A revised measure of acceptance of the theory of evolution: introducing the MATE 2.0

ME Barnes, T Misheva, K Supriya… - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2022 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Hundreds of articles have explored the extent to which individuals accept evolution, and the
Measure of Acceptance of the Theory of Evolution (MATE) is the most often used survey …

Building conceptual and methodological bridges between SSE's diversity, equity, and inclusion statement and educational actions in evolutionary biology

GC Sbeglia, RH Nehm - Evolution, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The field of evolutionary biology must bridge the gap between its diversity, equity, and
inclusion (DEI) commitments and data-driven educational actions in the nation's …

Validity aspects in measuring evolution acceptance: Evidence from surveys of preservice biology teachers and creationists

A Beniermann, A Moormann… - Journal of Research in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decades, a large body of research has examined students' magnitudes of
evolution acceptance and related measurement issues resulting in questions concerning …

Embracing the inclusion of societal concepts in biology improves student understanding

PE Adams, EP Driessen, E Granados… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Understanding the relationship between science and society is included as a core
competency for biology students in the United States. However, traditional undergraduate …

Community college student understanding and perceptions of evolution

ME Barnes, R Riley, C Bowen, J Cala… - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2022 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Learning about evolution is a foundational part of biology education, but most current
studies that explore college student evolution education are conducted at universities …