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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Funding for this study was provided by the UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) and a development grant from the UBC Science Center for Learning and Teaching of the Faculty of Science. The authors thank the UBC students who took part in the interviews and who consented to participate in the study, instructors in BIOL 121 and BIOL 334, and members of the Q4B group for useful feedback. The authors also thank the following for their contributions: Dr. Jennifer Klenz, UBC (assistance with the design of inventory questions); Joan Sharp, Simon Fraser University (for sharing the Meiosis CI data from her students); meiosis experts (assistance with validation of inventory questions); and faculty, teaching assistants, and peer tutors who assisted with the administration of the concept inventory. The authors also thank the two anonymous reviewers for their invaluable feedback on the manuscript.

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