by learning to associate the word with other vocabulary and their meanings-i e. developing a conceptual framework. One learning model suggests that mastery of biological concepts requires that you through a series of levels of biological literacy as defined below. Study questions and problem-solving draw us"upward"but we may find it necessary to move"downward"to memorize and define before we can construct meaning and apply the knowledge Study the four literacy levels in Table 1 below and notice how the word"Zygote "takes on meaning as the conceptual framework is formed to include concepts ofsexuality,"sperm", and"generation BIOLOGICAL LITERACY: The quality of being able to understand biological ts make moral and ethical jud gements about biological issues, and solve realworld problems that involve biological issues Table 1. Biological Literacy Begins with Nominal Literacy and Works Upward TERACY LEVEL DESCRIPTION DEMONSTRATED BEHAVIOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL LITERACY Applies knowledge to solve How should my wife and i deal with our apparent infertility? STRUCTURAL LITERACY Constructs appropriate meaning of concept based upon his/he own understanding/experiences ZYGOTE"is the beginning of a new generation of life in FUNCTIONAL LITERACY Defines or describes a term ZYGOTE rme union of sperm and egg Recognices a term as "biologicalby learning to associate the word with other vocabulary and their meanings–i.e. developing a conceptual framework. One learning model suggests that mastery of biological concepts requires that you advance "upward" through a series of levels of biological literacy as defined below. Study questions and problem-solving draw us "upward" but we may find it necessary to move "downward" to memorize and define before we can construct meaning and apply the knowledge. Study the four literacy levels in Table 1 below, and notice how the word “Zygote” takes on meaning as the conceptual framework is formed to include concepts of “sexuality”, “sperm”, and “generation.” BIOLOGICAL LITERACY: The quality of being able to understand biological concepts, make moral and ethical judgements about biological issues, and solve realworld problems that involve biological issues. Table 1. Biological Literacy Begins with Nominal Literacy and Works ‘Upward.’ LITERACY LEVEL DESCRIPTION DEMONSTRATED BEHAVIOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL LITERACY Applies knowledge to solve real-world problems How should my wife and I deal with our apparent infertility? STRUCTURAL LITERACY Constructs appropriate meaning of concept based upon his/he own understanding/experiences "ZYGOTE" is the beginning of a new generation of life in sexually reproducing species. FUNCTIONAL LITERACY Defines or describes a term from memory "ZYGOTE" = cell formed by union of sperm and egg NOMINAL LITERACY Recognizes a term as "biological