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Table 7 Intercorrelations between acceptance of evolution, understanding of evolution, thinking dispositions, and religiosity among geologists-science teachers

From: Acceptance of evolution as one of the factors structuring the conceptual ecology of the evolution theory of Greek secondary school teachers

  MATE Understanding of evolution Understanding of the NOS Thinking dispositions Religiosity
Acceptance of evolution (MATE)
 Pearson correlation 1 0.680** 0.504* 0.39 −0.047
 Sig. (2-tailed)   0.001 0.023 0.099 0.844
Understanding of evolution
 Pearson correlation   1 0.374 0.391 0.274
 Sig. (2-tailed)    0.104 0.098 0.243
Understanding of the NOS
 Pearson correlation    1 −0.006 0.016
 Sig. (2-tailed)     0.98 0.947
Thinking dispositions
 Pearson correlation     1 −0.206
 Sig. (2-tailed)      0.397
Religiosity
 Pearson correlation      1
 Sig. (2-tailed)      
  1. * Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
  2. ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
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Evolution: Education and Outreach

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