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A Socratic Method for Surveying Students’ Readiness to Study Evolution
William D. Stansfield
The American Biology Teacher, Vol. 75 No. 2, February 2013; (pp. 102-105) DOI: 10.1525/abt.2013.75.2.6
WILLIAM D. STANSFIELD is Emeritus Professor of Biological Sciences at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407. Mailing address: 653 Stanford Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405-1123. E-mail: wstansfi@calpoly.edu.
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Before beginning a series of presentations on evolution, it would be prudent to survey the general level of students’ understanding of prerequisite basic concepts of reproduction, heredity, ontology, and phenotypic diversity so that teachers can avoid devoting time to well-known subjects of general knowledge and can spend more time on subjects that are unknown, forgotten, or misunderstood by most students. This article outlines a Socratic method for surveying and teaching to address these concerns.

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A Socratic Method for Surveying Students’ Readiness to Study Evolution
William D. Stansfield
The American Biology Teacher, Vol. 75 No. 2, February 2013; (pp. 102-105) DOI: 10.1525/abt.2013.75.2.6
WILLIAM D. STANSFIELD is Emeritus Professor of Biological Sciences at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407. Mailing address: 653 Stanford Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405-1123. E-mail: wstansfi@calpoly.edu.

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A Socratic Method for Surveying Students’ Readiness to Study Evolution
William D. Stansfield
The American Biology Teacher, Vol. 75 No. 2, February 2013; (pp. 102-105) DOI: 10.1525/abt.2013.75.2.6
WILLIAM D. STANSFIELD is Emeritus Professor of Biological Sciences at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407. Mailing address: 653 Stanford Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405-1123. E-mail: wstansfi@calpoly.edu.
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