Pre-service biology teachers’ acceptance of evolutionary theory and their preference for its teaching

Table 6 Summary of the regression analyses for the variables explaining acceptance of evolutionary theory (ACCEPTANCE measure) and intention to teach both evolutionary theory and unscientific alternatives (INTENTION measure; N = 178)

Predictor(s)	B	*SE B*	β	R ²
ACCEPTANCE as dependent variable				.47
CINS	0.17	0.06	.17**
Religion	0.03	0.02	.09
Creationism	−0.52	0.09	-.39***
Science	0.33	0.07	.29***
Scientism	0.13	0.09	.09
Gender	0.40	0.17	.13*
Track	0.08	0.15	.03
Semester	0.08	0.03	.16**
INTENTION as dependent variable				.25
CINS	-.0.25	0.12	-.16*
Religion	0.04	0.04	.08
Creationism	0.57	0.18	.27***
Science	−0.24	0.12	-.13
Gender	−0.66	0.31	-.14*
Track	−0.23	0.29	-.06

Note. B = unstandardized regression coefficients; CINS = understanding of evolution; Religion = attitude towards religion; Science = attitude towards science; Track = teacher education program; SE B = standard error of B; β = standardized regression coefficient.
^*p < .05; ^** p < .01; ^*** p < .001.

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