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dc.contributor.advisorLittle, Todd D.
dc.contributor.advisorHawley, Patricia H.
dc.contributor.authorShort, Stephen David
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-09T14:49:11Z
dc.date.available2011-10-09T14:49:11Z
dc.date.issued2011-08-31
dc.date.submitted2011
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11700
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/8192
dc.description.abstractThe present study examined changes in university students' attitudes toward and knowledge of evolution measured by the previously validated Evolutionary Attitudes and Literacy Survey (EALS). Students were assessed at a large Midwestern U. S. university prior to and following completion of either an undergraduate political science, biology, or evolutionary psychology course. A multiple group repeated measures confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to examine latent mean differences in self-reported political activity, religious conservatism, evolution knowledge/relevance, creationist reasoning, evolutionary misconceptions, and exposure to evolution. A significant and notable increase in evolution knowledge/relevance, as well as decrease in creationist reasoning and evolutionary misconceptions was observed for the evolutionary psychology course. In contrast, no significant change in evolution knowledge/relevance was observed for the biology course. The implications of these findings, as well as limitations and future research for evolution education are discussed.
dc.format.extent53 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
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dc.subjectQuantitative psychology
dc.subjectPsychometrics
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.subjectEvolution & development
dc.subjectCollege sample
dc.subjectConfirmatory factor analysis
dc.subjectEvolution
dc.subjectEvolution knowledge
dc.subjectLatent means
dc.subjectScience education
dc.titleA Multiple Group Repeated Measures Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) Examination of the Evolutionary Attitudes and Literacy Survey (EALS) Among College Samples
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberLittle, Todd D.
dc.contributor.cmtememberHawley, Patricia H.
dc.contributor.cmtememberWu, Wei
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplinePsychology
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.A.
kusw.oastatusna
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5653-8879
kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
kusw.bibid7643305
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