Table 1.

Results of student attitude assessment from pre- and postexam. The question was “How useful do you think that quantitative approaches (e.g., mathematical modeling, statistical analyses) are to the study of biology?”

	Spring 2013		Summer 2013		Fall 2013		Spring 2014
Opinion	% Pre	% Post	% Pre	% Post	% Pre	% Post	% Pre	% Post
It’s impossible to study modern biological problems without such approaches.	41	32	43	32	36	37	25	28
Such approaches are extremely important for studying modern biological problems.	40	48	41	48	45	36	47	51
Such approaches are very important for studying modern biological problems.	15	19	14	19	17	23	23	18
Such approaches are somewhat important for studying modern biological problems.	3	1	3	1	3	4	3	2
Such approaches are not important for studying modern biological problems.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0