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Table 1 Teacher profile

From: Teachers teaching misconceptions: a study of factors contributing to high school biology students’ acquisition of biological evolution-related misconceptions

Demographic variable

Variables

n

%a

Gender

Female

17

48.6

 

Male

18

51.4

Terminal degree

Bachelor’s

22

62.9

 

Master’s

10

28.6

 

Doctorate

3

8.6

Bachelor’s degree major

Biology

13

37.1

 

Non-biology science

8

22.9

 

Science education

7

20.0

 

Non-science

6

17.1

 

No response

1

2.9

Years’ teaching experience

0 to 5

7

20.0

 

6 to 10

4

11.4

 

11 to 15

6

17.1

 

16 to 20

7

20.0

 

> 20

11

31.4

College education evolution emphasis

Highly emphasized

3

8.6

 

Moderately emphasized

14

40.0

 

Slightly emphasized

12

34.3

 

Not emphasized

5

14.3

 

No response

1

2.9

Hours dedicated to teaching evolution

0

1

2.9

 

1 to 5

17

48.6

 

6 to 10

7

20.0

 

11 to 15

3

8.6

 

>15

7

20.0

Evolution knowledge self-rating

Excellent

7

20.0

 

Good

17

48.6

 

Average

7

20.0

 

Fair

4

11.4

 

Poor

0

0.0

  1. aPercentages may not total 100 due to rounding.