Scientific literacy, or science literacy, encompasses written, numerical and digital literacy as they apply to understanding science, its methodology, its observations and its theories. It emphasizes competency across several dimensions at once: a grasp of the scientific method, measurement standards and empirical approaches, statistical concepts such as correlation, and the distinction between qualitative and quantitative data. It also draws on foundational knowledge spanning disciplines including physics, chemistry, biology, ecology, geology and computation.
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Core Claimthe ability to engage with science-related issues, and with the ideas of science, as a reflective citizen 1 Sources
1. Scientific literacy (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationDefinition section, OECD PISA 2015 Framework
the ability to engage with science-related issues, and with the ideas of science, as a reflective citizen
History section, Paul Hurd 1958 paragraph
The phrase science literacy was popularized by Paul Hurd in 1958, when he charged that the immediate problem in education was "one of closing the gap between the wealth of scientific achievement and the poverty of scientific literacy in America"
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