Table 3 The major lesson idea themes, codings, and relative frequencies of occurrence
From: Preservice Teacher Understanding and Vision of how to Teach Biological Evolution
Major theme | Content coding/terms | Control group | Experimental group |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of lessons | Number of lessons | ||
The Theory of Evolution | Evolve, Natural Selection, Fossils, Finches Adaptation, Species, Diversity/Different | 18 | 19 |
Evolution and NOS | Theory, Acceptance, Religion, Proof/Evidence | 19 | 17 |
Evolution and chance | Change With Time, Situation of Uncertainty, Chance, Distribution, Variation, Mutation | 5 | 7 |