To counter COVID-19 misinformation, expert backs new approach to science learning
In the early days of the novel coronavirus' spread through the United States, misinformation spread alongside it.
In the early days of the novel coronavirus' spread through the United States, misinformation spread alongside it.
Education
Apr 2, 2020
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Science gets a lot of respect these days. Unfortunately, it's also getting a lot of competition from misinformation. Seven in 10 Americans think the benefits from science outweigh the harms, and nine in 10 think science and ...
Social Sciences
Mar 9, 2020
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Less than half of the people in Washington and British Columbia have heard of the Salish Sea, even though they live alongside it.
Education
May 17, 2019
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What is the best way to teach children to read? This apparently simple question has, in fact, has been the subject of robust and often polarised debate.
Education
Dec 3, 2018
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are giving Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology $30 million to help improve the literacy skills of elementary school students across ...
Business
Mar 7, 2018
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When asked about major threats to their country, Europeans are more likely than Americans to cite global climate change, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. Just 56 percent of Americans see climate change as ...
Environment
Oct 4, 2017
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Eighty-eight percent of American adults viewed the August total solar eclipse directly or electronically. This audience of 215 million adults is nearly twice the size of the viewership of recent Super Bowl football games.
Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2017
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While public interest in science continues to grow, the level of U.S. scientific literacy remains largely unchanged, according to a survey by the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.
Social Sciences
Oct 28, 2016
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Scientific literacy – what it is, how to recognize it, and how to help people achieve it through educational efforts, remains a difficult topic. The latest attempt to inform the conversation is a recent National Academy ...
Other
Oct 18, 2016
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A research paper published online this month in Academic Medicine highlights the successful development, implementation, and effects of an infectious disease curriculum that has now been piloted in five Boston Public Schools. ...
Social Sciences
Mar 26, 2013
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