Stephen D. Short|Patricia H. Hawley
The Effects of Evolution Education: Examining Attitudes toward and Knowledge of Evolution in College Courses
College of Charleston|Texas Tech University
present study examined changes university students attitudes toward knowledge evolution measured previously validated evolutionary attitudes literacy survey eals response curricular content specifically student responses survey compared across evolutionary psychology course introductory biology course significant evolutionary content political science course evolutionary content end 868 students assessed large midwestern us university prior following completion one three courses multiple group repeated measures confirmatory factor analysis cfa conducted examine latent mean differences selfreported evolution knowledgerelevance creationist reasoning evolutionary misconceptions exposure evolution significant notable increase knowledgerelevance well decreases creationist reasoning evolutionary misconceptions observed evolutionary psychology course whereas biology course demonstrated change knowledgerelevance significant increase evolutionary misconceptions implications findings evolution education discussed