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Deniz, Hasan; Sahin, Elif Adibelli – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2016
We explored the factors related to acceptance of evolutionary theory among preservice Turkish biology teachers using multiple regression analysis and the relationship between acceptance of evolutionary theory and preference for teaching evolution using nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test. We found that factors such as understanding of evolutionary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Biology
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Sahin, Elif Adibelli; Deniz, Hasan; Topçu, Mustafa Sami – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The present study investigated to what extent Turkish preservice elementary teachers' orientations to teaching science could be explained by their epistemological beliefs, conceptions of learning, and approaches to learning science. The sample included 157 Turkish preservice elementary teachers. The four instruments used in the study were School…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education, Epistemology, Beliefs
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Deniz, Hasan; Donnelly, Lisa A.; Yilmaz, Irfan – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
In this study, using multiple regression analysis, we aimed to explore the factors related to acceptance of evolutionary theory among preservice Turkish biology teachers using conceptual ecology for biological evolution as a theoretical lens. We aimed to determine the extent to which we can account for the variance in acceptance of evolutionary…
Descriptors: Evolution, Ecology, Multiple Regression Analysis, Biology