Do they know what they read? Building a scientific literacy measurement instrument based on science media coverage
Do they know what they read? Building a scientific literacy measurement instrument based on science media coverage
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DOI：
10.1177/1075547006291345
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发表时间：
2006-09-01
影响因子：
9
通讯作者：
Shanahan, James
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作者：
Brossard, Dominique;Shanahan, James
作者测试了一种新的方法来概念化和测量科学素养的一个维度，即对科学和技术术语的理解。通过对媒体使用从科学词典中随机选择的科学和技术术语的分析，作者确定了媒体最常用的31个术语。作者认为，这些术语代表了一个人在正常的公民话语范围内应该知道的东西。因此，制定的措施代表了“公民识字”科学词汇的概念化，避免了可能与仅根据专家意见选择的术语有关的偏见。讨论了在试行阶段使用该工具所获得的科学素养结果，并将其与使用国家科学基金会的量表时所获得的结果进行了对比，后者是被引用最广泛的公共科学素养测量工具，其依据的是一种更传统的科学素养方法。
The authors tested a novel approach to the conceptualization and measurement of a dimension of scientific literacy, the understanding of scientific and technical terms. Through an analysis of the media's use of scientific and technical terms randomly selected from a scientific dictionary, the authors identified the thirty-one terms most often used in the media. The authors argue that these terms represent what an individual is expected to know within the bounds of normal civic discourse. The measure that was developed therefore represents a conceptualization of a "civically literate" scientific vocabulary that avoids the possible biases that could be associated with a selection of terms based solely on experts' views. Scientific literacy results obtained through the use of the instrument at the pilot-test level are discussed and contrasted with those obtained when using the National Science Foundation's scale, which is the most widely cited public scientific literacy measurement instrument based on a more conventional approach to scientific literacy.