Table 1 St udies investigating predictors for the acceptance of evolutionary theory ordered by explained variance
Explained variance | Study | Sample | Domains considered |
|---|---|---|---|
7.2% | Akyol et al. [2010] | Turkish pre-service science teachers (n = 136) | Cognitive |
10.5% | Deniz et al. [2008] | Turkish pre-service biology teachers (n = 132) | Cognitive, affective, contextual |
13.0% | Sinatra et al. [2003] | US-American undergraduate non-major biology students (n = 93) | Cognitive, affective |
17.0% | Akyol et al. [2012] | Turkish pre-service science teachers (n = 415) | Cognitive |
18.0% | Miller et al. [2006] | European adults (n = 13,587) | Cognitive, affective, contextual |
19.7% | Graf and Soran [2011] | Turkish pre-service biology teachers (n = 520) | Cognitive, affective |
26.0% | Mazur [2004] | US-American adults (n = 3,673) | Cognitive, affective, contextual |
29.0% | Athanasiou and Papadopoulou [2012] | Greek pre-service teachers in early childhood education (n = 350) | Cognitive, affective, contextual |
33.0% | Ha et al. [2012] | South Korean pre-service biology teachers (n = 124) | Cognitive, affective, contextual |
40.2% | Graf and Soran [2011] | German pre-service biology teachers (n = 1,228) | Cognitive, affective, contextual |
42.0% | Losh and Nzekwe [2011] | US American pre-service teachers (n = 663) | Cognitive, affective, contextual |
44.2% | Athanasiou et al. [2012] | Greek pre-service teachers in early childhood education (n = 320) | Cognitive, affective |
45.0% | Mazur [2010] | US-American adults (GSS sample, n > 1,600) | Cognitive, affective, contextual |
46.0% | Miller et al. [2006] | US-American adults (n = 2,066) | Cognitive, affective, contextual |