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Crystal Uminski

Rochester Institute of TechnologyORCID 0000-0002-3370-5192Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Scientific Communication & EducationPLoS ONEPeer-reviewedJul 2, 2025

Biology exams rarely use visual models to engage higher-order cognitive skills

Crystal Uminski, Christian M. Cammarota, Brian A. Couch…·Dina L. Newman

The paper surveys instructors and analyzes exams to find that visual models are underrepresented in assessments despite their importance for teaching molecular biology.

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Scientific Communication & EducationJournal of Microbiology and Biology EducationPeer-reviewedMay 12, 2025

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Sketchy understandings: Drawings reveal where students may need additional support to understand scale and abstraction in common representations of DNA

Crystal Uminski, Leslie Kate Wright, Dina L. Newman

Drawing-based interviews with 35 biology undergraduates show 77% made scale errors and 86% made abstraction errors when sketching nucleotides, genes, and chromosomes against the DNA Landscape framework.

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Scientific Communication & EducationCBE—Life Sciences EducationPeer-reviewedFeb 21, 2025

Probing visual literacy skills reveals unexpected student conceptions of chromosomes

Crystal Uminski, Dina L. Newman, Leslie Kate Wright

This study investigates student misconceptions about chromosome representations through interviews, revealing common errors in interpreting abstract visualizations of chromosomes.

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