Table 3 Interaction between responses to selected statements
From: Still More “Fancy” and “Myth” than “Fact” in Students’ Conceptions of Evolution
Statement | Interaction statement | Agree with statement | Disagree with statement | Undecided about statement | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
%A | %D | %U | %A | %D | %U | %A | %D | %U | ||
Evolutionary theory and scientific facts | ||||||||||
1 | 6 | 44.3 | 36.6 | 19.1 | 41.4 | 45.6 | 13.0 | 42.6 | 29.6 | 27.8 |
10 | 14.6 | 69.2 | 16.2 | 5.2 | 87.3 | 7.6 | 3.7 | 63 | 33.3 | |
11 | 45.8 | 31.2 | 22.9 | 33.5 | 41.8 | 24.7 | 42.6 | 20.4 | 37.0 | |
12 | 57.7 | 24.6 | 17.7 | 69.5 | 22.2 | 8.3 | 63.0 | 14.8 | 22.2 | |
20 | 47.6 | 33.3 | 19.0 | 22.3 | 68.0 | 9.8 | 18.0 | 40.0 | 42.0 | |
21 | 25.4 | 30.2 | 44.4 | 5.8 | 66.1 | 28.1 | 4.0 | 32.0 | 64.0 | |
5 | 6 | 45.1 | 44.2 | 10.7 | 39.9 | 39.9 | 20.2 | 35.7 | 39.8 | 24.5 |
9 | 92.7 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 79.3 | 7.7 | 13.0 | 82.7 | 2.0 | 15.3 | |
10 | 4.9 | 87.4 | 7.7 | 10.2 | 76.1 | 13.8 | 8.2 | 69.4 | 22.5 | |
11 | 33.9 | 46.5 | 19.6 | 44.6 | 33.3 | 22.0 | 34.7 | 14.3 | 51.0 | |
12 | 71.8 | 20.9 | 7.4 | 55.0 | 30.2 | 14.8 | 67.4 | 12.2 | 20.4 | |
Processes of evolution | ||||||||||
9 | 16 | 80.9 | 11.3 | 7.8 | 64.0 | 28.0 | 8.0 | 59.6 | 23.4 | 17.0 |
24 | 47.5 | 31.7 | 20.8 | 43.5 | 21.7 | 34.8 | 40.4 | 12.8 | 46.8 | |
12 | 8 | 14.3 | 75.3 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 82.4 | 6.9 | 1.2 | 63.8 | 26.1 |
11 | 42.0 | 33.8 | 24.2 | 24.4 | 53.4 | 22.2 | 31.9 | 29.0 | 39.1 | |
18 | 69.4 | 20.4 | 10.2 | 48.8 | 36.8 | 14.4 | 54.4 | 16.2 | 29.4 | |
13 | 14 | 93.4 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 91.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 81.0 | 5.8 | 13.2 |
16 | 81.9 | 12.5 | 5.6 | 79.4 | 12.7 | 7.9 | 68.8 | 14.8 | 16.4 | |
19 | 61.2 | 36.7 | 2.1 | 67.9 | 32.1 | 0.0 | 72.9 | 20.5 | 6.6 | |
Language of science | ||||||||||
4 | 6 | 44.7 | 42.3 | 13.0 | 32.6 | 47.8 | 19.6 | 35.0 | 27.5 | 37.5 |
23 | 83.0 | 12.3 | 4.7 | 75.6 | 15.1 | 9.3 | 55.3 | 15.8 | 27.5 | |