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Science Literacy

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Science Literacy
A general term for the awareness a person or the public has of basic scientific facts, concepts, and theories

science literacy
A general term for the awareness a person or the public has of basic scientific facts, concepts, and theories


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Recommendations are offered for aligning science teaching and the assessments as well as designing a curriculum to enhance students' science literacy.
High benchmark The report goes hand-in-hand with school inspections, which are already underway, and the Programme for International Student and Standards (PISA) assessments of 15-year-olds next year, which monitors students in their reading, mathematics, and science literacy skills.
We also incorporate the AAAS (American Association for Advancement of Science) benchmarks for science literacy, which dovetail with state curriculum.
 
 
 
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