Table 1 Questions asked on a survey including the potential responses of students at East Texas Baptist University regarding attitudes to evolution and how best to approach evolution in the biology classroom. Questions 2 and 3 used a Likert scale for responses

1

If evolution is taught in the biology class you are taking, what approach would you be most comfortable with in hearing about origins of life in a science class?

1. Include only the science supporting evolution

2. Included the science supporting evolution and how evolution affects you

3. Include creationism and intelligent design but show how they are not scientific

4. The professor should accept creationism and intelligent design as legitimate scientific theories and present them as such

5. Other (elaborate on how you would like to see evolution approached below)

2

Science is an endeavor that attempts to give naturalistic explanations to phenomena that can be directly or indirectly observed

3

Science should include God in explaining observations of data.

4

Which of the following best represents you view regarding the age of the Earth?

1. Approximately 4.5 billion years

2. Approximately 6,000 years old

3. Don’t know.

5

Which of the following best represents your view regarding evolution?

1. A process involving the origin of biodiversity after life had originated

2. A process involving the origin of the universe

3. A process involving the origin of life

4. Uncertain.

6

Which of the following best represents your view on evolution and creation?

1. An intelligent designer played a role in the creation of all organisms

2. God played a role in the creation of all organisms

3. God did not play a role in the creation of all organisms

4. Don’t know.