Formal reasoning ability, prior knowledge and abstract achievement in the learning of Meiosis and genetics

The aim of this thesis is to understand the learning of Meiosis and Mendelian genetics by polytechnic students in Singapore, and in particular to identify any misconceptions in these areas that the students may be harbouring. Two strategies were employed in order to investigate this. The first strat...

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Main Author:	Zaman, Sara
Other Authors:	National Institute of Education
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Published:	2008
Subjects:	DRNTU::Social sciences::Education::Learning
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/13864
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-138642019-12-10T13:46:40Z Formal reasoning ability, prior knowledge and abstract achievement in the learning of Meiosis and genetics Zaman, Sara National Institute of Education DRNTU::Social sciences::Education::Learning The aim of this thesis is to understand the learning of Meiosis and Mendelian genetics by polytechnic students in Singapore, and in particular to identify any misconceptions in these areas that the students may be harbouring. Two strategies were employed in order to investigate this. The first strategy required the construction of a Genetics multiple-choice question (MCQ) test. The 52-item Genetics MCQ test was administered to 75 students as a pre- and post-test. Item analysis indicated that 7 items on the 52-item Genetics MCQ test were either too difficult (Ql), too easy (Q36), or had outlier-sensitive mean square fit statistics (Q18, Q19, Q20, Q29, Q35). Interestingly, analysis of students' responses to Ql indicated that there existed misconceptions regarding the terminology used to describe chromosome structure (such as chromatid, kinetochore, telomere, and centomere). Master of Education 2008-10-20T11:13:14Z 2008-10-20T11:13:14Z 2003 2003 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/13864 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
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description	The aim of this thesis is to understand the learning of Meiosis and Mendelian genetics by polytechnic students in Singapore, and in particular to identify any misconceptions in these areas that the students may be harbouring. Two strategies were employed in order to investigate this. The first strategy required the construction of a Genetics multiple-choice question (MCQ) test. The 52-item Genetics MCQ test was administered to 75 students as a pre- and post-test. Item analysis indicated that 7 items on the 52-item Genetics MCQ test were either too difficult (Ql), too easy (Q36), or had outlier-sensitive mean square fit statistics (Q18, Q19, Q20, Q29, Q35). Interestingly, analysis of students' responses to Ql indicated that there existed misconceptions regarding the terminology used to describe chromosome structure (such as chromatid, kinetochore, telomere, and centomere).
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title	Formal reasoning ability, prior knowledge and abstract achievement in the learning of Meiosis and genetics
title_short	Formal reasoning ability, prior knowledge and abstract achievement in the learning of Meiosis and genetics
title_full	Formal reasoning ability, prior knowledge and abstract achievement in the learning of Meiosis and genetics
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Formal reasoning ability, prior knowledge and abstract achievement in the learning of Meiosis and genetics

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