Introductory biology students struggle to incorporate the molecular genetic origin of variation in their evolutionary reasoning framework. Meaningful learning of this concept may require 1) multiple cycles of instruction, assessment, and feedback; and 2) assessment forms, such as conceptual models, that promote and reveal mechanistic and causal reasoning.
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