Table 2.

Student perceptions of biology as a discipline

	Average at start of Fall		Δ in average end of Fall		Δ in average end of Spring
1–5 scale, 5 = extremely accurate	ICB	Traditional	ICB	Traditional	ICB	Traditional
Biology is definitions and processes	2.86	2.61	−0.58***	+0.50	−0.46***	+0.45
Big questions of biology are already answered	1.71	1.50	−0.32*	+0.22	−0.33^	0.00
Big/small division of biology describes nature	3.15	3.02	−1.08***	−0.06	−0.75**	−0.10
1–5 scale, 5 = extremely important
Memorization	3.96	3.64	−1.48***	−0.08	−1.27***	+0.23

* p < 0.05.

** p < 0.01.

*** p < 0.001.

^p = 0.06.