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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Public Underst Sci. 2013 Aug 19;24(2):241–256. doi: 10.1177/0963662513496954

Table 1.

Mean number of structures, behaviors, and functions in each group’s descriptions of the eight key topics.

Group N Structures Behaviors Functions Total
Students 13 2.69 (1.18) 2.92 (1.12) 1.92 (1.19) 2.51 (0.52)
Teachers 18 3.56 (1.15) 3.22 (1.44) 3.33 (1.50) 3.37 (0.17)
Experts 7 5.86 (0.69) 5.57 (1.71) 4.43 (1.41) 5.29 (0.76)
Total 38 3.68 (1.54) 3.55 (1.61) 3.05 (1.59)

Note. SDs in parentheses. Means are out of 8.0. Means for totals are weighted by the number of participants in each group.