Tracking the Resolution of Student Misconceptions about the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology.

ABSTRACT: The goal of our study was to track changes in student understanding of the central dogma of molecular biology before and after taking a genetics course. Concept maps require the ability to synthesize new information into existing knowledge frameworks, and so the hypothesis guiding this study was that student performance on concept maps reveals specific central dogma misconceptions gained, lost, and retained by students. Students in a genetics course completed pre- and posttest concept mapping tasks using terms related to the central dogma. Student maps increased in complexity and validity, indicating learning gains in both content and complexity of understanding. Changes in each of the 351 possible connections in the mapping task were tracked for each student. Our students did not retain m

SUBMITTER: Briggs AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5134937 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature