This article describes three interactive software simulations targeted to key domains of
modern molecular genetics: genetics, biochemistry, and molecular biology. These …

Background Genetics is a core element of modern biology and a part of many high school
and college biology classes. In many of these courses, students show that they understand …

Providing learners with opportunities to engage in activities similar to those carried out by
scientists was addressed in a web-based research simulation in genetics developed for high …

MARK BERGLAND MARY LUNDEBERG KAREN KLYCZEK JENNIFER SWEET JEAN
EMMONS CHRISTINE MARTIN KATHERINE MARSH JOY WERNER MICHELLE JARVIS …

COMPUTER programs that simulate genetics results can play a useful role in teaching the
principles of genetics, but some people have argued that such programs have generally not …

Genetics is a basic science, providing the foundation for major biotechnological applications
in medicine, agriculture, and other interdisciplinary fields. However, the teaching and …

Molecular biology topics tend to be abstract and hard to visualize, and consequently pupils
form many misconceptions about genetics and molecular biology. We describe how to make …

Evolutionary theory is the foundation of the biological sciences, yet conveying it to General
Biology students often presents a challenge, especially at larger institutions where student …

The goal of this symposium is to present and discuss how advances in computer hardware,
scientific visualization, and computational methods of visualization, has enabled multiple …

Following the rationale that learning is an active process of knowledge construction as well
as enculturation into a community of experts, we developed a novel web-based learning …