TABLE 4.

Level of completion of CREATES process steps

Stepa	No. of respondents	Meanb	SD
C, Concept map the introduction	74	3.49	1.46
R, Read methods and results	74	3.65	1.10
E, Elucidate hypotheses	74	3.96	1.10
A, Analysis templates	73	2.79	1.49
TE, Think of the next experiments	74	3.63	1.18
S, Synthesis map	74	4.09	1.26

^aSteps shown in boldface indicate CREATES steps that a majority of students found to be useful.

^bMean score on a Likert-like scale of 1 to 5 for the level of completion of each step (1 = didn't use, 5 = used extensively).