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Table 4 Descriptive statistics of the 15 lesson plans containing a social science perspective

From: A content analysis of pre-college lesson plans on human evolution

Human Evolution Lesson Plan with a Social Science Perspective

Type of Evidence Presented in the Human Evolution Lesson Plan (Direct/Indirect/Mixed)

Number of Evidences Present in the Human Evolution Lesson Plan

Type of Social Science Perspective(s) Presentedin the Human Evolution Lesson Plan

1

Mixed

2

NOS only

2

Mixed

3

NOS and SSI (History)

3

Mixed

3

NOS and SSI (History)

4

Indirect

2

NOS only

5

Mixed

4

NOS only

6

Mixed

2

NOS only

7

Indirect

2

NOS only

8

Indirect

2

SSI (History) only

9

Indirect

2

NOS only

10

Mixed

4

NOS only

11

Mixed

3

NOS only

12

Mixed

3

SSI (Racial) only

13

Mixed

3

NOS only

14

Indirect

4

NOS only

15

N/A

1

NOS only

  1. The 3 categories of Social Science Perspectives included NOS and SSI, the latter of which related to Discrepant Historical and/or Racial Perspectives