APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Relations Between Intuitive Thinking and Evolutionary Understanding: Cheetahs, Penguins, and Salamanders, Oh My!
- Jessica Leffers
Northeastern University - Ella Douglas
Northeastern University - Katherine Hut
Northeastern University - Amanda Luken
Northeastern University - Emma Pitt
Northeastern University - Hannah Wilkins
Northeastern University - John Coley
Northeastern University
Abstract
The current study demonstrates how formal science education interacts with intuitive beliefs. We examined relations between intuitive thinking, also known as cognitive construals, and evolutionary understanding in middle schoolers. Complex, significant associations exist between the frequency of different cognitive construals and evolutionary understanding following an instructional unit on evolution.
Education
