Identifying alternative conceptions about evolution in portuguese high-school students : a reflection based on new and published data
Campos, Rita (Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal))
Vieira de Almeida Menezes, Maria da Conceição (Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (Brasil). Departamento de Ciências Biológicas)
Alves de Sousa, Rute (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (Brasil). Departamento de Práticas Educacionais e Currículo)

Date:	2017
Abstract:	Research about teaching and understanding of evolution focusing on the alternative conceptions held by students identified problems related to the understanding or even acceptance of evolution. This work analysed texts about evolution written by Portuguese students and identified alternative conceptions in 89. 06% of them; 57. 81% of the texts had more than one alternative conception. The alternative conceptions identified in Portuguese students reinforce the probable link between the development and persistence of such conceptions and absence of an evolutionary framework until later years in school. The results obtained in this analysis contribute to the growing body of research claiming for an early introduction of evolution in school curricula.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Evolution ; Alternative conceptions ; Teaching
Published in:	Enseñanza de las ciencias, Núm. Extra (2017) , p. 3945-3950, ISSN 2174-6486

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