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Abstract

Civic scientific literacy (CSL) is a fundamental indicator of social development and national literacy and is very important for personal well-being and national competitiveness. To be in line with the technological advancements and demands of the current era, we focused on “science engagement”, which is now considered an important approach to enhance the CSL of the general public, and developed a 4-dimensional CSL assessment framework based on the crucial elements for citizens to engage in science. The 4 dimensions are scientific knowledge (SK), scientific method (SM), problem-solving (PS), and scientific thought and spirit of science (STSS). With this framework, a CSL measurement instrument including 50 items was developed. Various validity evidence, including evidence with reliability close to or exceeding 0.8 for all four dimensions, supports the use of the instrument to provide a valuation of CSL. Age, location type (urban or rural), educational background, and occupation are all significant factors associated with CSL.

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Title
Development and validation of an instrument for measuring civic scientific literacy
Author
Liu, Yuemei 1 ; Wang, Jian 1 ; Zhang, Zhimin 2 ; Wang, Jingchun 2 ; Luo, Tian 3 ; Lin, Shan 1 ; Li, Jiaxin 4 ; Xu, Sumeng 1 

 Beijing Normal University, College of Life Sciences, Beijing, China (GRID:grid.20513.35) (ISNI:0000 0004 1789 9964) 
 China Research Institute for Science Popularization, Beijing, China (GRID:grid.464246.6) (ISNI:0000 0000 9979 4015) 
 Capital Normal University, College of Teacher Education, Beijing, China (GRID:grid.253663.7) (ISNI:0000 0004 0368 505X) 
 The Affiliated High School of South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China (GRID:grid.263785.d) (ISNI:0000 0004 0368 7397) 
Pages
6
Publication year
2024
Publication date
Dec 2024
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
e-ISSN
26622300
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2921192226
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.