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Table 1 Changes of average right answer ratio of individual questions assessed by χ2 test

From: Improved “Origami Bird” Protocol Enhances Japanese Students’ Understanding of Evolution by Natural Selection: a Novel Approach Linking DNA Alteration to Phenotype Change

 

No. of test terms

χ 2

p

Definition of evolution

1

4.67

0.03

2

5.21

0.02

3

0.04

0.85

4

0.23

0.63

5

6.98

0.008

6

0.15

0.70

7

0.01

0.75

8

2.42

0.12

9

7.12

0.008

10

3.69

0.06

11

0.04

0.84

12

0.55

0.46

Natural selection

1

8.14

0.004

2

8.66

0.003

3

1.53

0.22

4

0.34

0.56

5

0

1

6

1.36

0.24

7

0

1

8

0.88

0.35

9

0.05

0.83

Assumptions

0.12

0.73

Mutation

1

3.01

0.08

2

0.51

0.48

3

0.33

0.57

4

0.07

0.79

5

7.10

0.008

6

0.19

0.66