Unwarranted Conclusions Regarding Attitudes About Evolution

I applaud Dorothy Matthew's recent article (August 2001) for addressing the critical question of how best to test evolution and for its description of a very creative curriculum. In the described study, student attitudes towards evolution were tested before and after presentation of a curriculum that contained creation stories. The article's conclusion was that a curriculum which includes creation stories is more effective in fostering scientific views than traditional curricula that lack creation stories.