Table 9 Levels 1 and 4 students’ awareness and knowledge of Darwin’s history
Level 1 | Level 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Statement | Acceptors (n = 502) | Rejectors (n = 30) | High (n = 255) | Low (n = 228) |
Darwin was born 200 years agoa | 27 | 28 | 64 | 43 |
Darwin wrote the Origin of Species 200 years ago | 49 | 41 | 30 | 46 |
Darwin set off on his life-changing voyage on the Beagle 200 years ago | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
Darwin and Wallace first published their papers on natural selection 200 years ago | 21 | 24 | 4 | 8 |