Moroccan Science Student’s Understanding of Meiosis and Its Relation to Gene Transmission- A Cross Sectional Study

Agorram, B.; Zaki, Moncef; Selmaoui, Sabah; Khzami, Salah-Eddine

doi:10.9734/jesbs/2017/34578

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“…Each question was specifically designed to cover one or more of nine topics: (1) phenotypic data and pattern of inheritance from family histories; (2) molecular anatomy of genes and genomes; (3) mechanism by which an organism's genome is passed on to the next generation; (4) phenomenon of linkage and how it affects assortment of alleles during meiosis; (5) genes, alleles, and gene functions; (6) the process that can affect the frequency of phenotypes in a population over time; (7) different types of mutations and how each can affect genes and the corresponding mRNAs and proteins; (8) the application of the results of molecular genetic studies in model organisms to understanding aspects of human genetics and genetic diseases; and (9) the interpretation of the results from molecular analyses to determine the inheritance patterns and identities of human genes that can mutate to cause disease. This instrument has been widely used to assess students' understanding of genetics, even in non-English speaking countries (Agorram, Zaki, Selmaoui, & Khzami, 2017;Marcos-Merino, Gallego, & de Alda, 2019). In this study, we asked experts to translate 25 questions of the GCA into Indonesian-Bahasa.…”

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The Genetics Conceptual Understanding of Indonesian and United States Undergraduate Biology Students

Rusmana

Rachmatullah

Nuraeni

et al. 2021

Asia-Pac. Sci. Educ.

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Genetics as a core concept of life science is essential for understanding biology. Examining genetics understanding among biology majors is becoming important since they must necessarily achieve some level of genetics understanding to advance their career. This study compares Indonesian biology majors’ genetics understanding with previously published data from students in the United States (US). This study also identifies the effect of academic year and program on genetics understanding by administering the Genetics Concept Assessment (GCA) to 377 biology majors in Indonesia. IRT-Rasch modeling was performed for instrument validation, followed by one-way ANOVA and independent sample t-test for the analysis. The results showed that Indonesian biology majors’ genetics understanding was significantly affected by academic year but was not affected by the academic program. Indonesian biology majors had a slightly similar level of genetics understanding with US non-majors’ pre-test scores, while Indonesian biology majors’ scores were two times lower than US majors’ post-test scores. The implications of reducing the gap between two countries are discussed.

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confidence: 99%