Assessing students’ approaches to modelling in undergraduate biology

In this study, we propose an ‘Approach to Modeling’ (AtM) framework for examining how undergraduates approach tasks that require modelling scientific phenomena. Our framework is adapted from Approach to Learning (AtL) theories and consists of three observable behavioural constructs: metacognition, generative thinking, and causal reasoning. Twenty students participated in two think-aloud interviews, one year apart, in which they engaged in a...