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Developing a Test of Scientific Literacy Skills (TOSLS): Measuring Undergraduates' Evaluation of Scientific Information and Arguments
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Gormally, Cara; Brickman, Peggy; Lutz, Mary – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2012
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 scientific literacy are available to assess students' proficiency in using scientific literacy skills to solve scenarios in and beyond the undergraduate biology classroom.…
Descriptors: Testing, Biology, Undergraduate Study, Educational Change