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ERIC Number: EJ633625
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-7267
Identifying Science Understanding for Functional Scientific Literacy.
Ryder, Jim
Studies in Science Education, v36 p1-44 2001
Draws on a range of published case studies on settings in which individuals not professionally involved with science address issues that have a scientific aspect. Suggests that at least some areas of knowledge about science should be part of the compulsory school science curriculum. (Contains 61 references.) (ASK)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Science Curriculum, Science Instruction, Scientific Literacy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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