Background Relatively little information is available regarding the level of acceptance of
evolution and knowledge about evolution in different educational settings in Europe. The …

The ability to make evidence-based decisions, and hence to reason on questions
concerning scientific and societal aspects, is a crucial goal in science education and science …

A large body of research has examined students' conceptions of evolution and their
relationships to acceptance of evolution. Proficiency in statistical and probabilistic reasoning …

Background Investigations of evolution knowledge and acceptance and their relation are
central to evolution education research. Ambiguous results in this field of study demonstrate …

Students possess alternative conceptions of many science topics, and these conceptions
can act as obstacles for learning scientific concepts. In the field of biology education …

Evolution is widely seen as the central, key, unifying framework of biology. Yet many school-
aged students and adults understand relatively little of the theory of evolution, for a whole …

In evolution education, misconceptions about evolutionary concepts impact students'
learning. Much research exists on assessing knowledge about evolution using different …

Background Fostering pre-service teachers' acceptance of evolutionary theory and their
preference for its teaching implies knowledge of the factors which influence both constructs …

Dittmar Graf, für die für mich sehr gewinnbringende Betreuung, für die Freiheit, die du mir in
der Arbeit gelassen hast, für dein offenes Ohr, deine kreativen Ideen und nicht zuletzt ganz …

Background Even though evolution is the overarching principle that connects all areas of
biology, a significant proportion of pre-service teachers do not intend to teach evolution …