The Complexity of Scientific Literacy: The Development and Use of a Data Analysis Matrix

Autor/inn/en	Garthwaite, Kathryn; France, Bev; Ward, Gillian
Titel	The Complexity of Scientific Literacy: The Development and Use of a Data Analysis Matrix
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science Education, 36 (2014) 10, S.1568-1587 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0693
DOI	10.1080/09500693.2013.870363
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Scientific Literacy; Matrices; Data Analysis; Secondary School Science; Science Instruction; Student Evaluation; Evaluation Methods; New Zealand; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Matrizenrechnung; Auswertung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Neuseeland
Abstract	Data were gathered from 95 Year 10 students in a New Zealand secondary school to explore how the indicators of scientific literacy are expressed in student responses. These students completed an activity based around the two contexts of lighting and health. A matrix, which incorporated descriptive indicators, was developed to analyse the student responses and revealed levels of expression of scientific literacy. Use of this matrix enabled a fine-grained analysis of both group and individual student expressions of scientific literacy. It was found that students' express scientific literacy in complex ways and that they can exhibit multiple levels simultaneously, both within and between contexts. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10