The Treatment of Geological Time & the History of Life on Earth IN HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY TEXTBOOKS

The American Biology Teacher | September 1, 2007| | Copyright

The concept of evolution is fundamental to the study of modern biology. It is a key element of the National Science Education Standards (National Research Council, 1996) and is recognized as an essential component of the curriculum in position statements of the National Science Teachers Association and the National Association of Biology Teachers (see National Academy of Sciences, 1998). Since all of the definitions of evolution (e.g, "organic change over time" or "descent with modification") imply a temporal element, the presentation of evolution in the biology curriculum should include some ...

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