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Table 4 Reported number of class hours devoted to evolution (percentages within row)

From: Teaching evolution in U.S. public middle schools: results of the first national survey

 

Not covered

1–2

3–5

6–10

11–15

15–20

20 or more class hours

Total

N

 

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

 

Class hours devoted to general evolutionary processes

 Middle school

39.2

13.9

16.0

13.0

6.2

6.6

5.1

100.0

641

 High school

9.3

8.1

13.5

24.8

17.4

14.2

12.7

100.0

787

Class hours devoted to human evolution

 

 Middle school

55.1

16.3

14.5

6.1

2.1

4.3

1.5

100.0

646

 High school

21.8

27.4

20.4

14.0

7.3

4.6

4.5

100.0

785