A 1999 survey sponsored by the People for the American Way looked at
attitudes toward the teaching of evolution and creationism in public schools and found
that:
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13 percent of respondents said that evolution and creationism
should be taught as competing views in science classrooms. |
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66 percent of respondents wanted only evolution taught as
science. |
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16 percent believed that only creationism should be
taught. |
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Half of Americans surveyed believed that evolution is
"far from being proven scientifically." |
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Describe how the attitudes reflected in this poll might influence the
teaching of evolution in high school biology classes. |
