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Direct linkLeung, Jessica Shuk Ching – Science Education, 2020
Epistemic understanding of science is essential for critical evaluation of scientific claims. In principle, developing students' epistemic understanding would enhance students' capability in evaluating scientific claims. However, findings on this "expected" connection have been inconclusive. This paper seeks to examine this discrepancy…
Descriptors: College Students, Science Process Skills, Epistemology, Evaluative Thinking
Leung, Jessica Shuk Ching; Wong, Alice Siu Ling; Yung, Benny Hin Wai – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2017
Without a science background as sophisticated as that of a scientist, the evaluation of science in the media has proved to be a challenge to members of the public who are largely non-specialists. It is generally assumed that understandings of nature of science (NOS) will lead to this desired outcome of scientific literacy. This study examined the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Nonmajors, Scientific Literacy, Media Literacy
Leung, Jessica Shuk Ching; Wong, Alice Siu Ling; Yung, Benny Hin Wai – Science & Education, 2015
Understandings of nature of science (NOS) are a core component of scientific literacy, and a scientifically literate populace is expected to be able to critically evaluate science in the media. While evidence has remained inconclusive on whether better NOS understandings will lead to critical evaluation of science in the media, this study aimed at…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Scientific Literacy, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Attitudes
