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Scientific Reasoning Skills Predict Topic-Specific Knowledge after Participation in a Citizen Science Project on Urban Wildlife Ecology
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Bruckermann, Till; Greving, Hannah; Schumann, Anke; Stillfried, Milena; Börner, Konstantin; Kimmig, Sophia E.; Hagen, Robert; Brandt, Miriam; Harms, Ute – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023
In citizen science (CS) projects, citizens who are not professional scientists participate in scientific research. Besides serving research purposes, CS projects provide participants opportunities for inquiry-based learning to promote their topic-specific knowledge and scientific reasoning skills. Previous research suggests that participants need…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Citizen Participation, Scientific Research, Science Projects
To Know about Science Is to Love It? Unraveling Cause-Effect Relationships between Knowledge and Attitudes toward Science in Citizen Science on Urban Wildlife Ecology
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Bruckermann, Till; Greving, Hannah; Schumann, Anke; Stillfried, Milena; Börner, Konstantin; Kimmig, Sophia E.; Hagen, Robert; Brandt, Miriam; Harms, Ute – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2021
Nowadays, citizens collaborate increasingly with scientists in citizen science (CS) projects on environmental issues. CS projects often have educational goals and aim to increase citizens' knowledge with the ultimate goal of fostering positive attitudes toward science. To date, little is known about the extent to which CS projects strengthen the…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Scientific Literacy, Scientific Attitudes, Positive Attitudes