Information literacy for science education: Evaluating web-based materials for socioscientific issues

Students who engage in scientific inquiry must be able to evaluate the processes and evidence used to reach conclusions about scientific issues, regardless of whether the process is conducted in the classroom or through an information search on the internet. To explore strategies for integrating inf...

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Published in:Science scope (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2008-04, Vol.31 (8), p.62-65
Main Authors: Klosterman, Michelle L., Sadler, Troy D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Climate
Content Analysis
Domain name system
Educational Technology
Equipment and supplies
Evaluation
Evaluative Thinking
Global warming
Hyperlinks
Information Literacy
Internet
Learning Activities
Science Activities
Science Education
Science Instruction
Sciences education
Social Problems
Study and teaching
TEACHER'S TOOLKIT
Teaching
Usability
Web Sites
Website navigation
Websites
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Summary:Students who engage in scientific inquiry must be able to evaluate the processes and evidence used to reach conclusions about scientific issues, regardless of whether the process is conducted in the classroom or through an information search on the internet. To explore strategies for integrating information literacy and science, the authors engaged students in analyses of internet-based content related to a current socioscientific issue: global warming. A WebQuest, which is described in this article, was developed to guide students through the process of evaluating websites. (Contains 1 figure.)
ISSN:0887-2376
1943-4901
DOI:10.2505/3/ss08_031_08