@article {340,
	title = {A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY ON FRESHMEN{\textquoteright}S KNOWLEDGE OF GENETICS, EVOLUTION, AND THE NATURE OF SCIENCE},
	journal = {Journal of Baltic Science Education},
	volume = {13},
	year = {2014},
	month = {February/2014},
	pages = {Continuous},
	type = {Original article},
	chapter = {6-18},
	abstract = {The purpose of this study was to measure the freshmen{\textquoteright}s level of knowledge about genetics, evolution, human evolution, the nature of science, and opinions on evolution and the presence of non-scientific explanations among Czech, Slovakian, Slovenian and Turkish students. Determination of prior knowledge and pre-conceptions about these issues is important because they are filters to learning other related concepts. The results are going to be a starting point for developing teaching strategies concerning Darwinian evolution and preparing prospective science teachers for working with students in national and international contexts. A total of 994 first-year university students from the Czech Republic (276; 27.8\%), Slovakia (212, 21.3\%), Slovenia (217, 27.3\%) and Turkey (235, 23.6\%) participated in this study. The findings can be summarized as follows: knowledge especially that of the nature of science at the freshmen level was seriously flawed. Non-scientific explanations were present in high percentages. Both were regarded as barriers towards scientific reasoning and acceptance of general human evolution especially for students expressing orthodox religious beliefs. },
	keywords = {human evolution, nature of science, non-scientific explanations},
	issn = {1648-3898},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.33225/jbse/14.13.06},
	url = {http://oaji.net/articles/2015/987-1437062033.pdf},
	author = {Andrej {\v S}orgo and Muhammet Usak and Milan Kubiatko and Jana Fan{\v c}ovi{\v c}ova and Pavol Prokop and Miro Puhek and Jiri Skoda and Mehmet Bahar}
}
