Table 2 Summary of the different main activities within the four SoW and their predicted effectiveness from existing research literature.

From: A RCT for assessment of active human-centred learning finds teacher-centric non-human teaching of evolution optimal

Scheme of Work

Main activity carried out by students

Predicted order of effectiveness

Lesson 2

Lesson 4

1

Hunting paper moths

Trilobites

=2nd

2

Hunting paper moths

Pentadactyl limb

1st

3

Power point and scaffolded written exercise

Trilobites

4th

4

Power point and scaffolded written exercise

Pentadactyl limb

=2nd

  1. Highlighted activities (in bold) should be more effective given conventional wisdom. SoW 2 should be the most effective as it contains two activities predicted to be more effective. SoW 1 and 4 should be equally effective as both contain 1 activity predicted to be more effective. SoW 3 should be the least effective as it does not contain any of the predicted effective activities.
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