The Long-Term Impacts of Short-Term Professional Development: Science Teachers and Evolution

Table 3 Spearman’s rho‎ correlations among instrument scores pre- to post-intervention

	CINS	ACORNS-KC	MATE-P	MATE-S	TA-NOS 1	TA-NOS 3	TA-NOS 5	TA-NOS 6
Pre-survey
CINS	1
ACORNS-KC	0.775**	1
MATE-P	0.836**	0.830**	1
MATE-S	0.550**	0.425*	0.682**	1
TA-NOS 1	0.537**	0.439*	0.501**	0.335	1
TA-NOS 3	0.247	0.163	0.212	0.263	0.173	1
TA-NOS 5	0.454*	0.379*	0.494**	0.282	0.15	0.283	1
TA-NOS 6	0.286	0.334	0.411*	0.239	0.085	0.086	0.314	1
Post-survey
CINS	1
ACORNS-KC	0.617**	1
MATE-P	0.714**	0.743**	1
MATE-S	0.443*	0.598**	0.781**	1
TA-NOS 1	0.368	0.237	0.394*	0.361	1
TA-NOS 3	0.638**	0.372	0.406*	0.292	–0.002	1
TA-NOS 5	0.314	0.297	0.180	0.092	0.356	0.276	1
TA-NOS 6	0.594**	0.347	0.312	0.268	0.059	0.372	0.080	1

CINS natural selection knowledge multiple-choice test, ACORNS-KC open-response evolution key concept knowledge test, MATE acceptance of evolution test, MATE-P Personal acceptance test, MATE S Scientists’ acceptance test, TA-NOS the nature of science knowledge test.
* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01.

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