Genetics Education Articles

 

 

Genetics, the journal of the Genetics Society of America, provides biology/genetics educators with a prime outlet for submitting their scholarly work with regards to genetics education at all levels.  The following is a list (with links to the PDFs) of the high quality articles, all peer-reviewed, that have appeared in the "Genetics Education" section of this journal.
 

For more information on submission requirements for Genetics, please visit their website.

 

Shaw et al. Essay Contest Reveals Misconceptions of High School Students in Genetics Content Genetics 2008 178:1157-1168. [PDF]

 

 Bethany Vice Bowling et al. Development and Evaluation of a Genetics Literacy Assessment Instrument for Undergraduates Genetics 2008 178: 15-22. [PDF]

 

Gerald Call et al.  Genomewide Clonal Analysis of Lethal Mutations in the Drosophila melanogaster Eye: Comparison of the X Chromosome and Autosomes Genetics 2007 177: 689-697.  [PDF]

 

Heidi Major Sleister.  Isolation and Characterization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mutants Defective in Chromosome Transmission in an Undergraduate Genetics Research Course Genetics 2007 177: 677-688.  [PDF]

 

Sally G. Hoskins, Leslie M. Stevens, and Ross H. Nehm. Selective Use of the Primary Literature Transforms the Classroom Into a Virtual Laboratory Genetics Genetics 2007 176: 1381-1389. [PDF]

 

Brent Buckner, Jon Beck, Kate Browning, Ashleigh Fritz, Lisa Grantham, Eneda Hoxha, Zhian Kamvar, Ashley Lough, Olga Nikolova, Patrick S. Schnable, Michael J. Scanlon, and Diane Janick-Buckner Involving Undergraduates in the Annotation and Analysis of Global Gene Expression Studies: Creation of a Maize Shoot Apical Meristem Expression Database Genetics 2007 176: 741-747 [PDF]

 

Lubomir Tomaska.  Teaching How to Prepare a Manuscript by Means of Rewriting Published Scientific Papers Genetics 2007 175: 17-20.  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

 

Steven T. Kalinowski, Mark L. Taper, and Anneke M. Metz Can Random Mutation Mimic Design?: A Guided Inquiry Laboratory for Undergraduate Students Genetics 2006 174: 1073-1079. doi:10.1534/genetics.106.061234 [PDF]

 

Steven T. Kalinowski, Mark L. Taper, and Anneke M. Metz How Are Humans Related to Other Primates?: A Guided Inquiry Laboratory for Undergraduate Students Genetics 2006 172: 1379-1383. doi:10.1534/genetics.105.047977 [PDF]

 

Bernard S. Strauss PubMed, The New York Times and The Chicago Tribune as Tools for Teaching Genetics Genetics 2005 171: 1449-1454. doi:10.1534/genetics.105.046326 [PDF]

 

John Locke and Heather E. McDermid Using Pool Noodles to Teach Mitosis and Meiosis Genetics 2005 170: 5-6. doi:10.1534/genetics.104.032060 [PDF]

 

Mark B. Dignan, Linda Burhansstipanov, and Lynne Bemis Successful Implementation of Genetic Education for Native Americans Workshops at National Conferences
Genetics 2005 169: 517-521. doi:10.1534/genetics.104.030015 [PDF]

 

Joan M. Booth and Jinnie M. Garrett Instructors' Practices in and Attitudes Toward Teaching Ethics in the Genetics Classroom
Genetics 2004 168: 1111-1117. doi:10.1534/genetics.103.023077 [PDF]

 

Erin L. Dolan, Barbara E. Soots, Peggy G. Lemaux, Seung Y. Rhee, and Leonore Reiser Strategies for Avoiding Reinventing the Precollege Education and Outreach Wheel Genetics 2004 166: 1601-1609. doi:10.1534/genetics.166.4.1601 [PDF]

 

Patricia J. Pukkila Introducing Student Inquiry in Large Introductory Genetics Classes Genetics 2004 166: 11-18. doi:10.1534/genetics.166.1.11 [PDF]

 

Vicki L. Cameron Teaching Advanced Genetics Without Lectures
Genetics 2003 165: 945-950. [PDF]

Linda Burhansstipanov, Lynne Bemis, Mark Dignan, and Frank Dukepoo Development of a Genetics Education Workshop Curriculum for Native American College and University Students
Genetics 2001 158: 941-948. [PDF]

Alan C. Christensen Cats as an Aid to Teaching Genetics
Genetics 2000 155: 999-1004. [PDF]

Kara E. Koehler and R. Scott Hawley Tales From the Front Lines: The Creative Essay as a Tool for Teaching Genetics
Genetics 1999 152: 1229-1240. [PDF]

W. Sofer and L. Tompkins Drosophila Genetics in the Classroom
Genetics 1994 136: 417-422. [PDF]

T. R. Manney and M. L. Manney Using Yeast Genetics to Generate a Research Environment
Genetics 1993 134: 387-391. [PDF]

 

 

 

 

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