Developing a test of scientific literacy skills (TOSLS): Measuring undergraduates' evaluation of scientific information and arguments

C Gormally, P Brickman, M Lutz - CBE—Life Sciences Education, 2012 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Life sciences faculty agree that developing scientific literacy is an integral part of
undergraduate education and report that they teach these skills. However, few measures of …

Promoting interdisciplinarity through climate change education

AM McCright, BW O'shea, RD Sweeder… - Nature Climate …, 2013 - nature.com
Climate change is a complex scientific and social problem. Effectively dealing with it
presents an immense challenge, yet educating students about it offers educators in science …

Getting messy with authentic data: Exploring the potential of using data from scientific research to support student data literacy

MK Kjelvik, EH Schultheis - CBE—Life Sciences Education, 2019 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Data are becoming increasingly important in science and society, and thus data literacy is a
vital asset to students as they prepare for careers in and outside science, technology …

Teaching quantitative biology: goals, assessments, and resources

ML Aikens, EL Dolan - Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2014 - Am Soc Cell Biol
More than a decade has passed since the publication of BIO2010, calling for an increased
emphasis on quantitative skills in the undergraduate biology curriculum. In that time …

Data visualization literacy: Investigating data interpretation along the novice—expert continuum

AV Maltese, JA Harsh, D Svetina - Journal of College Science Teaching, 2015 - JSTOR
In the STEM fields, adequate proficiency in reading and interpreting graphs is widely held as
a central element for scientific literacy given the importance of data visualizations to …

Profil kemampuan literasi sains peserta didik di salah satu SMA Negeri Kota Sragen

AR Bagasta, D Rahmawati… - Pedagogia: Jurnal …, 2018 - pedagogia.umsida.ac.id
Literasi sains merupakan permasalahan di Indonesia karena kemampuan literasi sains
yang rendah menurut PISA. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui profil kemampuan …

The growing importance of data literacy in life science education

JP Gibson, T Mourad - American journal of botany, 2018 - JSTOR
Science is a data-driven process, and biologists use many types of data, ranging from
genomic to geospatial in their research. Advances in research technology have rapidly …

Gender, math confidence, and grit: Relationships with quantitative skills and performance in an undergraduate biology course

KM Flanagan, J Einarson - CBE—Life Sciences Education, 2017 - Am Soc Cell Biol
In a world filled with big data, mathematical models, and statistics, the development of strong
quantitative skills is becoming increasingly critical for modern biologists. Teachers in this …

“Seeing” data like an expert: An eye-tracking study using graphical data representations

JA Harsh, M Campillo, C Murray, C Myers… - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2019 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Given the centrality of data visualizations in communicating scientific information, increased
emphasis has been placed on the development of students' graph literacy—the ability to …

Evaluating the extent of a large-scale transformation in gateway science courses

RL Matz, CL Fata-Hartley, LA Posey, JT Laverty… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
We evaluate the impact of an institutional effort to transform undergraduate science courses
using an approach based on course assessments. The approach is guided by A Framework …