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Carrie Howe - Minnesota

Carrie Howe - Minnesota

Eric Littman - Tufts

 

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Joseph Swartz - Texas A&M

  

Jamie Gerlach - NC State

Zach Loppnow - Minnesota

Teaching Evolution to Students with Compromised Backgrounds & Lack of Confidence About Evolution - Is it Possible?

Alexandria Schauer - Minnesota

V:50 I:4 Cases/Abstracts Honorable Mention

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Teaching Evolution to Students with Compromised Backgrounds & Lack of Confidence About Evolution - Is it Possible?

Abstract:

Students regard evolutionary theory differently than science in general. Students’ reported confidence in their ability to understand science in general (e.g., posing scientific questions, interpreting tables and graphs, and understanding the content of their biology course) significantly outweighed their confidence in understanding evolution. We also show that those students with little incoming confidence in their understanding of evolution demonstrated more confidence and the most improved performance by the end of the semester. Collectively, our data indicate that regardless of prior experiences with evolution education, and in spite of myriad social challenges to teaching evolution, students can learn evolution. 

All I Want for Christmas is Poo....

Ellie Engelen - Minnesota

V:50 I:4 Foot in Mouth Disease Honorable Mention

This past winter I finally found time to take a break from my finals studying to take holiday photos with my family. We took a quick photo and headed back to our house without thinking twice. While uploading the photos, we noticed that our pug, Pete, had managed to sneak into our photo....

Sense of Humerus

Honorable Mention, Foot in Mouth
Charlie Cosimini, University of Minnesota

A drawing by Charlie Cosimini. The bones are, from left to right; dog, horse, bear, tiger