Insights on biology student motivations and challenges when reading and analyzing primary literature

• Kristen N. Howard ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kristen N. Howard, Emma K. Stapleton

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Water Resources, City of Gainesville, Gainesville, Georgia, United States of America

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• Emma K. Stapleton ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kristen N. Howard, Emma K. Stapleton

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Johnson High School, Gainesville, Georgia, United States of America

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• April A. Nelms,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Education, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America

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• Kelsee C. Ryan,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Miriam Segura-Totten

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mstotten@ung.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1520-0649

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