Table 1 List of published instruments that measure understanding and/or acceptance of evolution reviewed in current paper
From: Applying measurement standards to evolution education assessment instruments
| Instrument | Full name and brief description | Citation |
|---|---|---|
| ECT |
Evolution concept test
Six items, combination of open ended and Likert-scale type Natural selection | Bishop and Anderson (1990) |
| CINS |
Concept inventory of natural selection
Twenty multiple choice questions Natural selection | Anderson et al. (2002) |
| MATE |
Measure of acceptance of the theory of evolution
Twenty-five-point Likert questions Acceptance of evolution | Rutledge and Warden (1999); Rutledge and Sadler (2007) |
| MUM |
Measure of understanding of macroevolution
Twenty-seven multiple choice & 1 free response Deep time, phylogenetics, speciation, fossils, nature of science | Nadelson and Southerland (2009) |
| KEE |
Knowledge of evolution exam
Ten questions | Moore and Cotner (2009) |
| EALS-long and short forms |
Evolutionary Attitudes and Literacy Survey
Long form: 104 Likert-scaled questions Short form: 64 Likert-scaled questions Religiosity, science understanding and attitudes as relates to evolution |
Hawley et al. (2011) Short and Hawley (2012) |
| ACORNS |
Assessing contextual reasoning about nature selection
Unlimited number of open-ended questions Natural selection, non-adaptive change | Nehm et al. (2012) |
| I-SEA |
Inventory of student acceptance of evolution
Twenty-four items Microevolution, macroevolution, human evolution | Nadelson and Southerland (2012) |
| EvoDevoCI |
No full title Eleven multiple choice questions Evolutionary developmental biology | Perez et al. (2013) |
| ATEEK |
Assessment tool for evaluating evolution knowledge
Four open-ended questions Genotype, phenotype, change in allele frequencies | White et al. (2013) |
| GeDI |
Genetic drift inventory
Twenty-two agree/disagree statements Genetic drift | Price et al. (2014) |
| GAENE |
Generalized acceptance of evolution evaluation
Thirteen Likert items Evolution acceptance | Smith et al. (2016) |
| CANS |
Concept assessment of natural selection
Twenty-four multiple choice Natural selection | Kalinowski et al. (2016) |