From: Teacher candidates’ views of future SSI instruction: a multiple case study
Survey statement | Pre-course survey mean | Post-course survey mean | Difference in means |
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Controversial issues are more appropriate to be incorporated into science than any other subject area | 2.25 | 2.44 | 0.19 |
Controversial issues should be incorporated into elementary science curriculum | 2.63 | 3.22 | 0.59 |
Controversial issues should be incorporated into middle grades science curriculum | 3.13 | 3.44 | 0.31 |
Controversial issues should be incorporated into high school science curriculum | 3.38 | 3.67 | 0.29 |
Controversial issues are easy to incorporate into elementary science curriculum | 1.75 | 2.11 | 0.36 |
Controversial issues are easy to incorporate into middle grades science curriculum | 2.13 | 2.44 | 0.31 |
Controversial issues are easy to incorporate into high school science curriculum | 2.63 | 2.67 | 0.04 |