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Table 2 Student 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

287

53.5

 

Male

249

46.5

Ethnicity

American Indian or Alaskan Native

76

14.2

 

Asian or Pacific Islander

9

1.7

 

Black, non-Hispanic

19

3.5

 

Hispanic

34

6.3

 

White, non-Hispanic

390

72.8

 

No response

8

1.5

Grade level

Freshman

131

24.4

 

Sophomore

394

73.5

 

Junior

8

1.5

 

Senior

1

0.2

 

No response

2

0.4

Evolution knowledge self-rating

Excellent

18

3.4

(Pre-instruction)

Good

76

14.2

 

Average

242

45.1

 

Fair

120

22.4

 

Poor

76

14.2

 

No response

4

0.7

Evolution knowledge self-rating

Excellent

36

6.7

(Post-instruction)

Good

158

29.5

 

Average

254

47.4

 

Fair

63

11.8

 

Poor

23

4.3

 

No response

2

0.4

  1. aPercentages may not total 100 due to rounding.