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It's Not Your Grandmother's Genetics Anymore by Smith, Mike U.

“…Genetics is perhaps the most rapidly growing field of science today. Recent findings such as those of the Human Genome Project have led to new understandings…”
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Mendel in the Modern Classroom by Smith, Mike U., Gericke, Niklas M.

“…Mendel is an icon in the history of genetics and part of our common culture and modern biology instruction. The aim of this paper is to summarize the place of…”
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It's Not Your Grandmother's Genetics Anymore! (Part 2) by Smith, Mike U.

“…In a companion article, I discussed recent developments in genetics and the inadequacies of eight common claims made by biology teachers, followed by suggested…”
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Current Status of Research in Teaching and Learning Evolution: II. Pedagogical Issues by Smith, Mike U.

“…This is the second of two articles that address recent scholarship about teaching and learning about evolution. This second review seeks to summarize this…”
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Current Status of Research in Teaching and Learning Evolution: I. Philosophical/Epistemological Issues by Smith, Mike U.

“…Scholarship that addresses teaching and learning about evolution has rapidly increased in recent years. This review of that scholarship first addresses the…”
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The GAENE-Generalized Acceptance of EvolutioN Evaluation: Development of a new measure of evolution acceptance by Smith, Mike U., Snyder, Scott W., Devereaux, Randolph S.

“…The present study reports the development of a brief, quantitative, web‐based, psychometrically sound measure—the Generalized Acceptance of EvolutioN…”
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Must Evolution Education that Aims at Belief Be Indoctrinating? by Smith, Mike U., Siegel, Harvey

“…Can a teacher aim for students to believe evolution without indoctrinating them? Recent discussions of indoctrination in evolution education suggest that such…”
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Teaching Nature of Scientific Knowledge to Kindergarten Through University Students by Lederman, Norman G., Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad, Smith, Mike U.

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Teaching the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium: A 5E Lesson Plan by Smith, Mike U.

“…In an earlier paper (Smith & Baldwin, 2015), we explained the basic concepts of the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWeq) principle needed for meaningful…”
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How Does Evolution Explain Blindness in Cavefish? by Smith, Mike U.

“…Commonly used evolution assessments often ask about the evolution of blindness in cavefish or salamanders, running speed in cheetahs, and/or the long necks of…”
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On the Relationship Between Belief and Acceptance of Evolution as Goals of Evolution Education: Twelve Years Later by Smith, Mike U., Siegel, Harvey

“…The issue of the proper goals of science education and science teacher education have been a focus of the science education and philosophy of science…”
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The Role of Authority in Science and Religion with Implications for Science Teaching and Learning by Smith, Mike U.

“…Science educators and classroom teachers often present idealized descriptions of science and religion that reflect our own misunderstandings. These…”
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Making Sense of Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium by Smith, Mike U., Baldwin, John T.

“…A useful approach to answering the Next Generation Science Standards' call for teaching students to demonstrate understanding using mathematical…”
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A Multi-Year Program Developing an Explicit Reflective Pedagogy for Teaching Pre-service Teachers the Nature of Science by Ostention by Smith, Mike U., Scharmann, Lawrence

“…This investigation delineates a multi-year action research agenda designed to develop an instructional model for teaching the nature of science (NOS) to…”
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Relating Science and Religion: An Ontology of Taxonomies and Development of a Research Tool for Identifying Individual Views by Yasri, Pratchayapong, Arthur, Shagufta, Smith, Mike U., Mancy, Rebecca

“…Understanding how individuals view the relationship between science and religion shows promise for explaining a range of aspects of teaching and learning in…”
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Academic competencies for medical faculty by Harris, Dona L, Krause, Katherine C, Parish, David C, Smith, Mike U

“…Physicians and basic scientists join medical school faculties after years of education. These individuals are then required to function in roles for which they…”
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Support for the CINS as a diagnostic conceptual inventory: Response to Nehm and Schonfeld (2008) by Anderson, Dianne L., Fisher, Kathleen M., Smith, Mike U.

“…Biology instructors from middle school to university level recognize that natural selection is an essential topic in the curriculum. Numerous studies have…”
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Updating the Model Definition of the Gene in the Modern Genomic Era with Implications for Instruction by Smith, Mike U., Adkison, Linda R.

“…Gericke and Hagberg (G & H, Sci Educ 16:849–881, 2007) recently published in this journal a thoughtful analysis of the historical progression of our…”
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Explicit Reflective Nature of Science Instruction: Evolution, Intelligent Design, and Umbrellaology by Scharmann, Lawrence C., Smith, Mike U., James, Mark C., Jensen, Murray

“…The investigators sought to design an instructional unit to enhance an understanding of the nature of science (NOS) by taking into account both instructional…”
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Defining versus describing the nature of science: A pragmatic analysis for classroom teachers and science educators by Smith, Mike U., Scharmann, Lawrence C.

“…There appears to be an almost universal commitment among science educators to promote the goal of student understanding of the nature of science. Recent…”
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