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

Table 4 Public high school profile

Demographic variable	Variable range	Percentage of high schools^a
		Participant	Study area
		(n = 32)	(N = 474)
Average daily membership^b	4451.85 to 485.57	25.0	20.0
	482.10 to 242.95	25.0	20.0
	242.30 to 134.10	21.9	20.0
	132.10 to 78.11	9.4	20.0
	77.73 to 14.85	18.8	20.0
Urban-centric classification^c,d	City	3.1	7.2
	Suburban	6.3	5.7
	Town	31.2	17.7
	Rural	59.4	69.4

^aParticipant high schools contain study participants whereas study area high schools are the total number of high schools within the study area. Percentages may not equal 100% due to rounding^{. b}Average daily membership is the aggregate membership of a school during a reporting period (normally a school year) divided by the number of days school is in session during this period (Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Educational Statistics 2010a). ^cUrban-centric classification (Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Educational Statistics 2010b). ^dDifference is statistically significant at p < .05.

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