Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigExact(2)
Although it is not the job of the teacher to try to change the students' religious views (and it would be inappropriate to do so), broadening their horizons by descriptively informing them of some of the views between the two extremes has a striking effect in reducing some students' apprehension about learning evolution.
They also added some open questions, and in this part the students' apprehension before the course became evident [ 7].
Similar(58)
Related to perceived impacts of evolution acceptance, students' apprehensions were their worries about their personal beliefs and also that their relationship with their families and the community of believers would change.
Thus, although in general, a career in STEM would be no easier or harder than the other professions they were considering, we surmised that the students' apprehensions originated from them having little to no contact with STEM professionals outside of the college campus and thus having only glimpses of STEM professionals' private lives.
Having taught general education courses for the past 8 years at a private Christian university in east Texas, I have encountered firsthand many of these misconceptions about evolution (see Isaak 2003, Cunningham and Wescott 2009) and the nature of science (see McComas 1996) as well as student apprehension toward the two subjects.
Addressing concerns has the potential to decrease student apprehension.
This is manifested in student apprehension, reporting of prior unhelpful experiences and not taking role-play seriously.
Students reported apprehension even in anticipation of the year.
In general, instructors (including reference instructors) did not direct much effort toward reducing student's apprehension around class participation in the observed videos: the median percent of student comments receiving positive feedback was 12.2% (R3; Figure 5B), and the median percent of activities in which positive feedback was directed to the class was only 7.5% (R2; Figure 5A).
Returning students voiced some apprehension, but said they were more relieved to end a summer of intrusive questions from people back home.
According to research published in the academic journal Communication Quarterly, the average college G.P.A. of students with communication apprehension is a half-point lower than that of students without it.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com