Testing the effectiveness of two natural selection simulations in the context of a large-enrollment undergraduate laboratory class

Table 5 Occurrence of misconceptions in student responses to three short-answer questions in post-lab assignment

Misconception	# of items	Frequency
Misconception	# of items	Physical	Virtual
Mutations are adaptive responses to environment	1	0.53	0.60
Traits change because of need	2	0.49	0.43
Traits of individuals change	1	0.21	0.17

One misconception appeared in responses to two items. There were no significant differences between treatments in the frequencies of any of the misconceptions (χ² tests, all p > 0.1)

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