Articles
A Socratic Method for Surveying Students’ Readiness to Study Evolution, The American Biology Teacher (2013)
Before beginning a series of presentations on evolution, it would be prudent to survey the...
Teaching Evolution & the Nature of Science via the History of Debates about the Levels at Which Natural Selection Operates, The American Biology Teacher (2013)
Students should not graduate from high school without understanding that scientific debates are essential components...
Science & the Senses: Perceptions & Deceptions, The American Biology Teacher (2012)
Science requires the acquisition and analysis of empirical (sense-derived) data. Given the same physical objects...
Dobzhansky's Dictum: An Object Lesson for Critical Thinking, The American Biology Teacher (2012)
A creationist has called Dobzhansky's dictum a myth. Discussion of this debate could be used...
The Discovery of Insulin: A Case Study of Scientific Methodology, The American Biology Teacher (2012)
The nature of scientific research sometimes involves a trial-and-error procedure. Popular reviews of successful results...
Educational Curriculum Standards & Standardized Educational Tests: Comparing Apples & Oranges?, The American Biology Teacher (2011)
Mandated biology curriculum standards and standardized tests may vary widely from one state to another,...
The Truth about Models: How Well Do Mechanical Models Mimic the Observed Gender Distributions in Two-Child Families? (with Matthew A. Carlton), The American Biology Teacher (2011)
We question the use of mechanical models, such as coin flipping, to represent the probabilities...
Acquired Traits Revisited, The American Biology Teacher (2011)
Most biology texts villify Lamarck's concept of “inheritance of acquired characters” and leave the impression...
Bacteria - The Last Stronghold of Lamarckism?, Biological Sciences (2010)
French naturalist J.B. Lamarck is most commonly known for popularizing the theory that some traits...
The Most Widely Publicized Gender Problem in Human Genetics (with Matthew A. Carlton), Human Biology (2009)
In two-child families containing at least one boy, the expected probability that such a family...
Human Sex Ratios and Sex Distribution in Sibships of Size 2 (with Matthew A. Carlton), Human Biology (2007)
We previously analyzed data from the U.S. National Health Interview Survey (NHIS, 1998 to 2002)...
Counterproductive Mix of Science and Theology: Review of Astronomy and the Bible - Questions and Answers by Donald B. DeYoung, Skeptical Inquirer (2007)
Book Review: Evolution in Four Dimensions by Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb, Journal of Heredity (2006)
Luther Burbank: Honorary Member of the American Breeders' Association, Journal of Heredity (2006)
The Ball Lightning Conundrum, Skeptic (2006)
The article focuses on the issue regarding the existence of ball lightning. The phenomenon regarding...
The Enigma of Coral Castle, Skeptic (2006)
The article discusses the mystery of how Coral Castle near Miami, Florida was built. It...
Making Babies by the Flip of a Coin? (with Matthew A. Carlton), The American Statistician (2005)
Many probability and genetics textbooks pose standard questions about eye color, birth defects, sexes of...
Bayesian Statistics for Biological Data: Pedigree Analysis (with Matthew A. Carlton), The American Biology Teacher (2004)
Hamlet Revisited: How Evolution Really Works, Skeptic (2004)
Delves into the artificial programs that are merely metaphors for the processes of organic evolution....
The Hairless-Obese Mouse, Journal of Heredity (1981)
Viable mice homozygous for two recessive autosomal genes, hairless (hr) and obese (ob) were produced...