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Robert Ryshke

Literacy Map for Genetics - 0 views

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Literacy Maps

shared by Robert Ryshke on 15 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Robert Ryshke on 15 Jan 12
     
    On the NSDL website, they have literacy maps that organize the conceptual understanding of a topic. While a bit cumbersome, they are worth reviewing. You can print them out.
John Burk

Culture splits climate views, not science smarts - 0 views

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Climate change env_sci

shared by John Burk on 30 May 12 - No Cached
  • Support for climate science doesn't increase with science literacy, a survey suggests. Rather, people with technical backgrounds just dig in harder on their views about global warming, finds the study in the Nature Climate Change journal.
  • What's going on? Basically people with technical smarts just use their abilities to better rationalize their already-held views. And why is that? Fitting in with your friends matters a lot more to people than getting climate science right, suggests Kahan, by email (see his Cultural Cognition website for more details):
  • John Burk on 30 May 12
     
    Culture splits climate views, not science smarts
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