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T E A C H I N G
A B O U T
E V O L U T I O N
A N D
T H E
N A T U R E
O F
S C I E N C E
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Teaching about evolution and the nature of science / [Working Group on
Teaching Evolution, National Academy of Sciences].
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-309-06364-7 (pbk.)
1. Evolution (Biology)—Study and teaching. 2. Science—Study and
teaching. I. National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Working Group
on Teaching Evolution.
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W
ORKING
G
ROUP
ON
T
EACHING
E
VOLUTION
Donald Kennedy
(Chairman)
Bing Professor of Environmental Studies
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Bruce Alberts
President
National Academy of Sciences
Washington, DC
Danine Ezell
Science Department
Bell Junior High School
San Diego, California
Tim Goldsmith
Department of Biology
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
Robert Hazen
Staff Scientist, Geophysical Laboratory
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Washington, DC
Norman Lederman
Professor, College of Science
Science and Mathematics Education
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon
Joseph McInerney
Director
Biological Sciences Curriculum Study
Colorado Springs, Colorado
John Moore
Professor Emeritus of Biology
University of California
Riverside, California
Eugenie Scott
Executive Director
National Center for Science Education
El Cerrito, California
Maxine Singer
President
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Washington, DC
Mike Smith
Associate Professor of Medical Education
Mercer University School of Medicine
Macon, Georgia
Marilyn Suiter
Director, Education and Human Resources
American Geological Institute
Alexandria, Virginia
Rachel Wood
Science Specialist
Delaware State Department of Public
Instruction
Dover, Delaware
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TAFF
OF THE
C
ENTER
FOR
S
CIENCE
, M
ATHEMATICS
,
AND
E
NGINEERING
E
DUCATION
:
Rodger Bybee,
Executive Director
Peggy Gill,
Research Assistant
Jay Hackett,
Visiting Fellow
Patrice Legro,
Division Director
Steve Olson,
Consultant Writer
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Acknowledgments
The National Academy of Sciences gratefully acknowledges contributions from:
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund, Inc.
The Council of the National Academy of Sciences
The 1997 Annual Fund of the National Academy of Sciences,
whose donors include
NAS members and other science-interested individuals.
We also extend special thanks to members of the
Council of State Science Supervisors
and teachers who participated in focus groups and provided guidance
on the development of this document.
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