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Instruction Addressing the Components of Scientific Literacy and Its Relation to Student Outcomes.
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Mitman, Alexis L.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1987
The lessons of 11 seventh-grade life science teachers were observed to determine the extent to which they made linkages between science content and its societal, reasoning, historical, or attitudinal implications. Results indicate a gap between scientific literacy as a normative goal of science instruction and current teaching practice. (TJH)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers