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Table 3 Percentage of second graders in the static storybook (“Book”, N = 16) and animated storybook (“Video”, N = 17) condition who expressed each preconception during their individual interviews

From: Is book reading always best? Children learn and transfer complex scientific explanations from books or animations

 

Any

Development

Transformation

Explicitly teleological

Other

 

Book

Video

Combined

Book

Video

Book

Video

Book

Video

Book

Video

Adaptation

           

 Pre-test

69

41

55

63

24

13

12

6

6

13

12

 Comprehension

25

7

16

13

7

6

0

6

0

0

0

 Post-test

25

0

13

19

0

0

0

6

0

0

0

Speciation

           

 Pre-test

88

94

91

56

35

44

59

38

29

13

18

 Comprehension

19

29

24

13

6

6

18

0

6

0

0

 Post-test

44

12

27

19

0

13

6

25

6

0

0

 Delay novel

38

18

27

19

0

19

18

6

6

0

6

 Delay familiar

63

35

48

13

0

38

24

13

18

6

0