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ERIC Number: EJ380958
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Expert and Novice Solutions of Genetic Pedigree Problems.
Hackling, Mark W.; Lawrence, Jeanette A.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v25 n7 p531-46 Oct 1988
Compares experts', advanced students', and novice students' use of genetics knowledge to generate and test hypotheses while solving genetic pedigree problems. Reports that experts identified more critical cues, tested more hypotheses, were more rigorous in the falsification of alternative hypotheses, and were more flexible to their solving strategies. (YP)
Descriptors: College Science, Genetics, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Problem Solving, Protocol Analysis, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Methodology, Scientists
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Problem Solving Assessment; Think Aloud Program