European First-Year University Students Accept Evolution but Lack Substantial Knowledge about it: A Standardized European Cross-Country Assessment

Artigo actualizado coas correccións publicadas o 28/06/2022 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12052-022-00168-0)Os arquivos suplementarios poden atoparse na seguinte páxina: https://evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12052-021-00158-8#Sec29[Abstract] Investigations of evolution knowledge and acceptance and their relation are central to evolution education research. Ambiguous results in this field of study demonstrate a variety of measuring issues, for instance differently theorized constructs, or a lack of standardized methods, especially for cross-country comparisons. In particular, meaningful comparisons across European countries, with their varying cultural backgrounds and education systems, are rare, often include only few countries, and lack standardization. To address these deficits, we conducted a standardized European survey, on 9200 first-year university students in 26 European countries utilizing a validated, comprehensive questionnaire, the “Evolution Education Questionnaire”, to assess evolution acceptance and knowledge, as well as influencing factors on evolution acceptance.Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL and COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology; www.cost.eu). Networking activities for the purpose of this project, as well as a professional proofread, were funded by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology; www.cost.eu) via COST Action 17127https://doi.org/10.1186/s12052-022-00168-0https://evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12052-021-00158-8#Sec2