Table 3. Information sources consulted to learn about neuroscience research by experimental and control pre-service teachers.
| Experimental (N = 50) | Control (N = 49) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source | N | % | N | % | z | p | |
| Public media | 25 | 50.0 | 28 | 57.1 | -0.708 | .478 | |
| Books | 14 | 28.0 | 18 | 36.7 | -0.926 | .352 | |
| Scientific journals | 8 | 16.0 | 5 | 10.2 | 0.854 | .395 | |
| Commercial products | 4 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 2.021 | .043 | |
| Pre-service training | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.995 | .322 | |
| Other | 3 | 6.0 | 3 | 6.1 | -0.021 | .984 | |
| No sources | 9 | 18.0 | 6 | 12.2 | 0.805 | .418 | |
Because selection of multiple options was allowed, the percentages sum to more than 100% across the seven sources.