An exploration of instructor perceptions of community college students’ attitudes towards evolution

Table 2 The distribution of scores in each section, rated on the level of acceptance of evolution using Rutledge’s (1996) guidelines

Professor	Course	% very low acceptance	% low acceptance	% moderate acceptance	% high acceptance	% very high acceptance
Jones	A	9.7	6.	12.9	38.7	32.3
	A+	0.0	14.3	14.3	28.6	42.9
	B	6.7	26.7	0.0	13.3	53.3
	D	6.7	13.3	13.3	46.7	20.0
	F	0.0	0.0	15.0	65.0	20.0
Orville	A+	0.0	16.7	27.8	33.3	22.2
	C	0.0	5.6	16.7	38.9	38.9
	F	5.7	11.4	22.9	34.3	25.7
Ronson	E	4.6	9.1	18.2	27.3	40.9
	G	3.3	0.0	23.3	23.3	50.0
	H	0.0	5.6	22.2	22.2	50.0

Rutledge (1996) established categories of acceptance of evolution based on specific MATE scores: very low (20–52), low (53–64), moderate (65–76), high (77–88), very high (89–100). Courses with the same letter represent the same course, (e.g., A is is “mixed nonmajors/majors”, the same course regardless of who teaches it)
+, online course; italic course letter are those taken by both majors and nonmajors, underlined are those taken primarily by nonmajors

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