Creative Education
By Tony B. Yates and Edmund A. Marek
“A Study Identifying Biological Evolution-Related Misconceptions Held by Prebiology High School Students”
Publisher: Scientific Research Publishing
6/6
Pp. 20
2013
A Study Identifying Biological Evolution-Related Misconceptions Held by Prebiology High School Students
Type: Empirical
Data collection method: Survey
Number of subjects, range: Large — 31 or more
Grade and age of subjects: Adult — over 18 years
- The earth is old enough for evolution to have occurred.
- Evolution always results in improvement.
- Evolution can act upon an organism’s traits during its lifetime.
- Evolution traits acquired during the lifetime of an organism can be passed on to off- spring, but that such traits can be produced via evolutionary processes as well.
- Evolution cannot cause an organism’s traits to change within its lifetime.
- Evolution is a totally random process.