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Children's Perception of Science: An Analysis of the Notion of Infallibility in the Coverage of Evolution in Textbooks' and Some Other Teaching Materials.
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Denny, M. – Educational Studies, 1983
Textbooks play a major role in influencing children's beliefs and attitudes about subjects. Textbook coverage of evolution is analyzed to demonstrate that textbooks could be responsible for implanting in children the distorted perception that science is infallible. (Author/IS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Inquiry, Learning Processes