Table 4 Answers to the second open-ended question
From: The Inability of Primary School to Introduce Children to the Theory of Biological Evolution
1. | Scientific view | 7 | 4.6% |
2. | a. Insects “are able to adapt, to mutate..”, “they learn to, manage to adapt…” to insecticides | 43 | 28.1% |
b. Insects “got used of insecticides—created antibodies—became immune,” etc. | 49 | 32.0% | |
3. | Tautological answers or answers that attribute the ineffectiveness to “atmospheric change-destruction of the environment”, etc. | 30 | 19.6% |
4. | Did not reply | 24 | 15.7% |
TOTAL | 153 | 100.0 |