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

• Crystal Uminski,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3370-5192

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• Christian Cammarota,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Brian A. Couch,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

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• L. Kate Wright ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lkwsbi@rit.edu

  Affiliation Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7379-0224

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• Dina L. Newman

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2983-1102

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