#10685. Punnett Squares or Protein Production? The Expert-Novice Divide for Conceptions of Genes and Gene Expression

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Abstract:
Concepts of molecular biology and genetics are difficult for many biology undergraduate students to master yet are crucial for deep understanding of how life works. By asking students to draw their ideas, we attempted to uncover the mental models about genes and gene expression held by biology students and experts using semistructured interviews. A large divide was identified between novice and expert conceptions. Our findings add to the literature about mechanistic reasoning abilities of learners and provide new insights into how biology students think about genes and gene expression.
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