Challenging Misconceptions about Race in Undergraduate Genetics
Erin M. Ball,
Robin A. Costello,
Cissy J. Ballen
et al.
Abstract:We developed and evaluated a laboratory activity to combat a common misconception that race is biological in origin. Using concept inventories and surveys, we show that our laboratory activity was successful in reducing biological essentialism. This activity did not have any effect on color-evasive ideologies or non-white students.
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