Table 5 Ordinal logistic regression estimates predicting prioritization of topics in a hypothetical two-week unit on evolution (each model estimated independently; results used to generate Figs. 8 and 9)

College courses in biology

− 0.053

− 0.057

− 0.147

− 0.141

− 0.093

(0.093)

(0.082)

(0.078)

(0.111)

(0.098)

0.569

0.489

0.06

0.204

0.341

College courses in earth sciences

− 0.047

0.006

0.148

0.03

0.107

(0.062)

(0.055)

(0.056)

(0.062)

(0.063)

0.442

0.911

0.009*

0.625

0.088

College courses in science teaching methods

0.042

− 0.103

− 0.017

0.023

0.009

(0.067)

(0.061)

(0.062)

(0.063)

(0.071)

0.532

0.09

0.791

0.711

0.904

College courses focused on evolution

0.18

0.203

0.181

0.132

− 0.258

(0.086)

(0.083)

(0.088)

(0.090)

(0.090)

0.038*

0.015*

0.039*

0.145

0.004*

College courses with some evolution

0.149

0.029

− 0.017

0.067

− 0.192

(0.062)

(0.061)

(0.063)

(0.064)

(0.067)

0.017*

0.64

0.785

0.295

0.004*

Methods courses covering PBL

− 0.052

0.18

0.094

0.141

0.263

(0.075)

(0.073)

(0.071)

(0.084)

(0.088)

0.488

0.014*

0.185

0.091

0.003*

Methods courses covering controversial topics

− 0.066

− 0.164

0.024

0.044

0.161

(0.088)

(0.087)

(0.078)

(0.103)

(0.098)

0.453

0.061

0.757

0.668

0.102

Under 10 years seniority (omitted)

 10–19 years seniority

0.256

− 0.149

− 0.402

0.353

0.344

(0.222)

(0.208)

(0.221)

(0.227)

(0.252)

0.249

0.474

0.069

0.121

0.173

 20+ years seniority

0.066

− 0.256

− 0.305

0.441

0.425

(0.218)

(0.198)

(0.215)

(0.223)

(0.252)

0.761

0.196

0.156

0.049*

0.092

Female

0.06

0.317

0.254

0.068

0.042

(0.177)

(0.165)

(0.168)

(0.178)

(0.185)

0.734

0.056

0.132

0.704

0.821

Not based upon NGSS

 Based upon NGSS

− 0.274

− 0.146

− 0.14

− 0.04

− 0.113

(0.213)

(0.204)

(0.212)

(0.214)

(0.217)

0.198

0.474

0.51

0.852

0.604

 Adopted NGSS

− 0.077

0.248

− 0.046

0.124

− 0.344

(0.216)

(0.208)

(0.202)

(0.217)

(0.235)

0.72

0.233

0.821

0.569

0.143

Cut1

− 5.46

− 4.383

− 4.483

− 5.435

0.247

(0.721)

(0.519)

(0.551)

(0.855)

(0.456)

0.000*

0.000*

0.000*

0.000*

0.588

Cut2

− 3.016

− 2.049

− 1.917

− 2.635

2.157

(0.484)

(0.422)

(0.399)

(0.512)

(0.476)

0.000*

0.000*

0.000*

0.000*

0.000*

Cut3

− 0.169

0.329

0.709

0.165

3.709

(0.446)

(0.425)

(0.408)

(0.488)

(0.626)

0.704

0.438

0.082

0.735

0.000*

N

684

678

662

675

639