The Role of Visual Representations in Undergraduate Students’ Learning about Genetic Inheritance
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Understanding of Genetics
3. Visual Representations in Biology Education
4. Current Studies
5. Study 1: Rich vs. Abstract Visual Representations
5.1. Method
5.1.1. Participants
5.1.2. Design
5.1.3. Procedure
5.1.4. Materials
5.1.5. Data Analytic Strategy
5.2. Results
5.2.1. Pre-Registered Analyses
Phenotypic Judgment Task
Offspring Prediction Task
Post-Hoc Analyses
5.3. Discussion
6. Study 2: Rich versus Bland Diagrams
6.1. Method
6.1.1. Participants
6.1.2. Design and Procedure
6.1.3. Data Analytic Strategy
6.2. Results
6.2.1. Pre-Registered Analyses
Phenotypic Judgment Task
Offspring Prediction Task
6.2.2. Post-Hoc Analyses
6.3. Discussion
7. General Discussion
8. Implications for Understanding Genetics
9. Limitations
10. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Menendez, D.; Donovan, A.M.; Mathiaparanam, O.N.; Klapper, R.E.; Yoo, S.H.; Rosengren, K.S.; Alibali, M.W. The Role of Visual Representations in Undergraduate Students’ Learning about Genetic Inheritance. Educ. Sci. 2024, 14, 307. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14030307
Menendez D, Donovan AM, Mathiaparanam ON, Klapper RE, Yoo SH, Rosengren KS, Alibali MW. The Role of Visual Representations in Undergraduate Students’ Learning about Genetic Inheritance. Education Sciences. 2024; 14(3):307. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14030307
Chicago/Turabian StyleMenendez, David, Andrea Marquardt Donovan, Olympia N. Mathiaparanam, Rebecca E. Klapper, Seung Heon Yoo, Karl S. Rosengren, and Martha W. Alibali. 2024. "The Role of Visual Representations in Undergraduate Students’ Learning about Genetic Inheritance" Education Sciences 14, no. 3: 307. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14030307