Table 2 General information and reliability items of the questionnaire
Variable | Instrument | Total number of items | References | Pre-test | Post-test |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acceptance | â– Measure of Acceptance of the Theory of Evolution (MATE) â– Inventory of Student Evolution Acceptance (I-SEA) | 28 | 0.98 | 0.98 | |
Knowledge | Evolution Content Knowledge (ECK) | 8 | (Nehm and Schonfeld 2007) | 0.96 | 0.98 |
Religiosity | ■Duke University Religion Index ■Intrinsic religiosity ■Scriptural narrative | 21 | (Beniermann 2019; Koenig and Büssing 2010; Manwaring et al. 2018; Teixeira 2019) | 0.99 | 0.99 |
Perceived conflict | Perceived Conflict between Evolution and Religion (PCoRE) | 5 | (Barnes et al. 2021) | 0.97 | 0.86 |
Nature of science | Evolution and the Nature of Science (ENOS) | 9 | (Nehm and Schonfeld 2007) | 0.99 | 0.99 |
Thinking disposition | Actively Open-minded Thinking Scale (AOT) | 17 | (Janssen et al. 2020) | 0.97 | 0.98 |
Epistemological beliefs | Epistemological Beliefs Surveys (EBS) | 38 | (Wood and Kardash 2002) | 0.99 | 0.99 |
Perceived impact of evolutionary theory | Perceived impact of evolutionary theory scale | 10 | (Brem et al. 2003) | 0.98 | 0.98 |