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From: Educators of Prospective Teachers Hesitate to Embrace Evolution Due to Deficient Understanding of Science/Evolution and High Religiosity

Fig. 6

Percentage of New England general faculty (Gen Fac, white bars left), educators of prospective teachers (Edu, black bars center), and college students (Stu, white bars right) who believe one of the following statements describes them best: a I accept evolution and express it openly regardless of others’ opinions; b no opinion; and c I accept evolution but do not discuss it openly to avoid conflicts with friends and family. Comparisons among groups: Chi-square = 28.022, df = 4, P ≤ 0.001; lowercase letters indicate sign test two-tail pair-wise comparisons P ≤ 0.05. Gen Fac, n = 216; Edu, n = 48; and Stu, n = 695

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Evolution: Education and Outreach

ISSN: 1936-6434

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