Table 5 Teachers’ reported emphasis on evolution as a fact
From: Teaching evolution in U.S. public middle schools: results of the first national survey
Strongly agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Not applicable | Total | N | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | % | % | % | ||
Emphasize consensus that evolution is fact | |||||||
Middle school | 25.1 | 29.7 | 8.0 | 5.1 | 32.2 | 100.0 | 655 |
High school | 47.4 | 31.9 | 9.6 | 3.3 | 7.8 | 100.0 | 799 |
N (*) | |||||||
Middle school | 39.3 | 42.5 | 13.0 | 5.1 | 100.0 | 375 | |
High school | 51.3 | 34.5 | 10.8 | 3.3 | 100.0 | 716 | |