Background Comparative genomics has become an essential approach for identifying
homologous gene candidates and their functions, and for studying genome evolution. There are …

Acquiring computational modeling and simulation skills has become ever more critical for
students in life sciences courses at the secondary and tertiary levels. Many modeling and …

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student answers from the pre-assessment can help instructors anchor their instruction by …

Data visualization is a powerful skill for the demonstration of meaningful data insights in an
interactive and effective way. In this survey article, we collected 70 articles from last five years …

Explicit emphasis on teaching science process skills leads to both gains in the skills themselves
and, strikingly, deeper understanding of content. Here, we created and tested a series of …

Measuring students’ conceptual understandings has become increasingly important to
biology faculty members involved in evaluating and improving departmental programs. We …

The central dogma of molecular biology, a model that has remained intact for decades,
describes the transfer of genetic information from DNA to protein though an RNA intermediate. …

Assessments represent an important component of undergraduate courses because they
affect how students interact with course content and gauge student achievement of course …