Authors
Paul Kuschmierz, Anna Beniermann, Alexander Bergmann, Rianne Pinxten, Tuomas Aivelo, Justyna Berniak-Woźny, Gustav Bohlin, Anxela Bugallo-Rodriguez, Pedro Cardia, Bento Filipe Barreiras Pinto Cavadas, Umran Betul Cebesoy, Dragana D Cvetković, Emilie Demarsy, Mirko S Đorđević, Szymon M Drobniak, Liudmyla Dubchak, Radka M Dvořáková, Jana Fančovičová, Corinne Fortin, Momir Futo, Nicoleta Adriana Geamănă, Niklas Gericke, Donato A Grasso, Ádám Z Lendvai, Evangelia Mavrikaki, Andra Meneganzin, Athanasios Mogias, Andrea Möller, Paulo G Mota, Yamama Naciri, Zoltán Németh, Katarzyna Ożańska-Ponikwia, Silvia Paolucci, Péter László Pap, Maria Petersson, Barbara Pietrzak, Telmo Pievani, Alma Pobric, Juris Porozovs, Giulia Realdon, Xana Sá-Pinto, Uroš B Savković, Mathieu Sicard, Mircea T Sofonea, Andrej Sorgo, Alexandru N Stermin, Ioan Tăușan, Gregor Torkar, Lütfullah Türkmen, Slavica Tutnjević, Anna E Uitto, Máté Varga, Mirna Varga, Lucia Vazquez-Ben, Constantinos Venetis, Enrique Viguera, Lisa Christine Virtbauer, Albena Vutsova, Inmaculada Yruela, Jelle Zandveld, Dittmar Graf
Publication date
2021/12
Journal
Evolution: Education and Outreach
Volume
14
Pages
1-22
Publisher
Springer US
Description
Background
Investigations of evolution knowledge and acceptance and their relation are central to evolution education research. Ambiguous results in this field of study demonstrate a variety of measuring issues, for instance differently theorized constructs, or a lack of standardized methods, especially for cross-country comparisons. In particular, meaningful comparisons across European countries, with their varying cultural backgrounds and education systems, are rare, often include only few countries, and lack standardization. To address these deficits, we conducted a standardized European survey, on 9200 first-year university students in 26 European countries utilizing a validated, comprehensive questionnaire, the “Evolution Education Questionnaire”, to assess evolution acceptance and knowledge, as well as influencing factors on evolution acceptance …
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