Conceptual Differences about Biological Evolution from the Students’ Points of View.

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Francisco Paulo Caires Junior
Paola Sussai Luz Cezare
Mariana Aparecida Bologna
Soares de Andrade

Abstract

The aim of this research was to analyze students’ explanations and possible obstacles on biological evolution under a historical review and concepts that make up that theory. History and the explanations of learning obstacles were considered for this approach. The survey was conducted with 46 high-school students. The answers to the statement: “Explain how the biological evolution occurs” fell into five categories: notions of biological evolution, teleological view, evolution as synonymous with progress, confusion over the term evolution, non-scientific view. By the analysis of the replies, the main obstacle to overcome is the teleological view presented by the students; the religious view, regarded in many articles as an obstacle, was not significant in this study.

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Caires Junior, F. P., Luz Cezare, P. S., Bologna, M. A., & de Andrade, S. (2015). Conceptual Differences about Biological Evolution from the Students’ Points of View. Journal of Biology Education, 18(1), (pp. 39–49). https://doi.org/10.59524/2344-9225.v18.n1.22454
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Investigaciones y desarrollos