European first-year university students accept evolution but lack substantial knowledge about it: a standardized European cross-country assessment

Kuschmierz, Paul; Beniermann, Anna; Bergmann, Alexander; Pinxten, Rianne; Aivelo, Tuomas; Berniak-Woźny, Justyna; Bohlin, Gustav; Bugallo-Rodriguez, Anxela; Cardia, Pedro; Cavadas, Bento Filipe Barreiras Pinto; Cebesoy, Umran Betul; Cvetković, Dragana D.; Demarsy, Emilie; Đorđević, Mirko S.; Drobniak, Szymon M.; Dubchak, Liudmyla; Dvořáková, Radka M.; Fančovičová, Jana; Fortin, Corinne; Futo, Momir; Geamănă, Nicoleta Adriana; Gericke, Niklas; Grasso, Donato A.; Lendvai, Ádám Z.; Mavrikaki, Evangelia; Meneganzin, Andra; Mogias, Athanasios; Möller, Andrea; Mota, Paulo G.; Naciri, Yamama; Németh, Zoltán; Ożańska-Ponikwia, Katarzyna; Paolucci, Silvia; Pap, Péter László; Petersson, Maria; Pietrzak, Barbara; Pievani, Telmo; Pobric, Alma; Porozovs, Juris; Realdon, Giulia; Sá-Pinto, Xana; Savković, Uroš B.; Sicard, Mathieu; Sofonea, Mircea T.; Sorgo, Andrej; Stermin, Alexandru N.; Tăușan, Ioan; Torkar, Gregor; Türkmen, Lütfullah; Tutnjević, Slavica; Uitto, Anna E.; Varga, Máté; Varga, Mirna; Vazquez-Ben, Lucia; Venetis, Constantinos; Viguera, Enrique; Virtbauer, Lisa Christine; Vutsova, Albena; Yruela, Inmaculada; Zandveld, Jelle; Graf, Dittmar (2021) European first-year university students accept evolution but lack substantial knowledge about it: a standardized European cross-country assessment. Evolution: Education and Outreach, 14 (1). ISSN 1936-6426

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Evolution ; Acceptance ; Knowledge ; Multilevel modeling ; Socioscientific issues ; Religious faith ; Higher education ; Europe ; Assessment ; Attitude
Subjects:	NATURAL SCIENCES > Biology
Divisions:	Division of Molecular Biology
Depositing User:	Sofija Konjević
Date Deposited:	30 Dec 2021 09:02
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/6833
DOI:	10.1186/s12052-021-00158-8

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