Girls preferred to play games that required problem solving, quantitative computations and the interpretation of graphs.
GraphRep considers the roles of physical dimensions, measurement units, scales of measurement, functional relations amongst quantities and magnitudes in the generation and interpretation of graphs.
In particular, students find interpretation of graphs extremely difficult.
Students improved mostly in skills that required interpretation of graphs and correlation coefficients.
Experiments such as ours, which include data analysis and, more specifically, experience in the creation and interpretation of graphs, have been shown to improve science literacy (Kitchen et al., 2003).
To assess student skills in data visualization and interpretation of graphs related to RNA-seq analysis, we assessed the results sections of the students' lab reports using a rubric focusing on the appropriateness, clarity, and quality of the figures and figure legends and the interpretation of the data presented in the figures (see the Supplemental Material for the rubric used).
The survey consisted of five questions, two derived from the BCI address the topics of natural selection and mutational effects, two newly generated questions on the interpretation of graphs; and a fifth that asked students to produce an open-ended response to the question "How might a mutation be creative?".
The uses and interpretations of graph theoretical measures in the context of fMRI studies were the central topic in an excellent previous review [ 7].
Interpretations of graphs seem to be rooted in principles of cognitive naturalness and information processing rather than arbitrary correspondences.
Slides, instead, can be used to pose questions, query interpretations of graphs, and illustrate points with pictures and videos.
