Table 3 Answers to the first open question
From: The Inability of Primary School to Introduce Children to the Theory of Biological Evolution
1. | Scientific view | 7 | 4.6% |
2. | a. Answers that invoke examples of animals that “change their characteristics –they have mechanisms of adaptation… in order to…, so as to…” | 70 | 45.8% |
b. Answers using anthropomorphic expressions “The animals are obliged to alter/learn to…” | 37 | 24.2% | |
3. | Did not answer | 28 | 18.3% |
4. | Other answers | 11 | 7.2% |
TOTAL | 153 | 100.0 |