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The conceptual Inventory of Natural Selection was first published in 2002 (Anderson & Fisher, 2002). Recent research by Nehm & Schonfeld (2008) has raised concern as to whether or not the Conceptual Inventory of Natural Selection (CINS) is effective in assessing students' understanding on concepts related to natural selection. The purpose of this study was to obtain feedback from non-major biology students, through semi-structured interviews, on 12 items that generated low scores or have not paired appropriately on factor analysis on the current version of the CINS. Interviews indicated that improvements needed to be made. The improvements made on the 12 CINS items included word substitutions and minor sentence restructuring to preserve the intent of the original CINS, yet to improve it. Field testing with both biology majors and non-majors showed that the changes were beneficial, although further testing with larger sample sizes is warranted.
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Keywordsbiology education, undergraduates, natural selection
Degree AwardedMaster of Science in General Biology
Awarding InstitutionPoint Loma Nazarene University
Committee MembersRyan Botts, April Maskiewicz
Supervisor or ChairDianne Anderson
Peer Reviewed?No
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Theses in Biology
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This collection consists of theses for the Master of Science in General Biology at Point Loma Nazarene University. These items were provided to the library by their authors with the permission required to make them freely available for access. These works remain the intellectual property of their authors.
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