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Daily Archives: November 25, 2009

The Topic of Evolution in Secondary Schools Revisited

Textbook HistoryBy Ronald LadouceurNovember 25, 20094 Comments

Updated 15 February 2010 A new analysis of high school biology textbooks shows that emphasis on the topic of evolution decreased sharply in the decade ahead of the Scopes trial (1925). However, contrary to the conventional scholarly view [1], relative priority of the topic retuned to pre-Scopes levels by 1935 and did not decrease significantly…

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