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Table 2 Breakdown of focal misconceptions

From: Teaching natural selection in early elementary classrooms: can a storybook intervention reduce teleological misunderstandings?

Misconception

Explicitly teleological?

Elaborated inaccurate mechanism?

Basic teleology

Yes

No

Effort

Yes

Yes

Agent

Yes

Yes

Transformation

No

Yes

Development

No

Yes

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Evolution: Education and Outreach

ISSN: 1936-6434

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