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Barrier in Mastering Knowledge of Genetic Concepts in College Students

Authors
Nindiana Choirunisa’1, Hendra Susanto1, Siti Zubaidah1, *
1Department of Biology, Biology Education, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: siti.zubaidah.fmipa@um.ac.id
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Siti Zubaidah
Available Online 31 July 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-275-0_14How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Genetic Concepts; Knowledge; Difficulties; Descriptive Analysis
Abstract

Genetics is the essence of biology because it underlies various other fields of life sciences, so studying genetics is essential, especially for undergraduate students. However, undergraduate students often need help understanding several concepts in genetics. Thus, this study aimed to track the most difficult concepts in genetics from undergraduate students. This study used a survey research design involving 212 biology undergraduate students taking the Genetics course at Malang State University, Indonesia. The instrument used in this study was essay questions about several concepts in genetics learning, with descriptive analysis as a research data analysis technique. The results showed that undergraduate students experience difficulties in some genetic concepts, as evidenced by their low acquisition of conceptual knowledge. The average value of students’ concept knowledge in some genetics concepts that are considered problematic, namely 1) translation (m = 20), 2) post-transcriptional modification and genetic code (m = 21), 3) DNA replication (m = 22), 4) the rate of mutation in living things, the principle of detecting mutations in living things, the process by which DNA repair occurs (m = 29), 5) the structure of DNA and RNA as genetic material (m = 36), and 6) transcription in living things (m = 39). This study concluded that improving students’ conceptual knowledge of genetics is necessary for these complex concepts. Therefore, future research should develop effective learning strategies, engaging learning media, and more relevant teaching materials.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Science Education (ICoMSE 2023)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
31 July 2024
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978-2-38476-275-0
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-275-0_14How to use a DOI?
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© 2024 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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