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Collaborative Research: Novel computational methods to examine students' concepts of biolo — NSF Award to University of Rochester

Both children and adults often display essentialist biases—assuming that groups, such as biological species, are uniform in their features—which can lead them to underestimate variability within-species and across generations. This project will examine learners’ understandings of biological variability, a key foundatio

Award titleCollaborative Research: Novel computational methods to examine students' concepts of biolo
Award ID2400596
AwardeeUniversity of Rochester
CityROCHESTER
StateNY
Amount obligated$390,329
Principal investigatorKarl Rosengren
ProgramECR-EDU Core Research
Start date06/01/2024
AbstractBoth children and adults often display essentialist biases—assuming that groups, such as biological species, are uniform in their features—which can lead them to underestimate variability within-species and across generations. This project will examine learners’ understandings of biological variability, a key foundational concept in biology education, that is linked to understanding genetics and inheritance. The researchers will investigate the connection between children’s essentialist biases a
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