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Table 4 Student opinions about the human evolution activity

From: “Are Humans Evolving?” A Classroom Discussion to Change Student Misconceptions Regarding Natural Selection

Statement

% Agreeda

% Disagreedb

This activity held my interest

94.4

5.6

This activity challenged me intellectually

88.9

11.1

This activity helped me better understand evolution

98.1

1.9

Writing down my answers and reexamining them later helped me learn

88.7

11.13

Discussing the questions with my classmates helped me learn

87.0

13.0

  1. aAnswers include “slightly agree,” “somewhat agree,” and “strongly agree”
  2. bAnswers include “slightly disagree,” “somewhat disagree,” and “strongly disagree”