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  2. Scientific literacy - Wikipedia

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    All science literacy documents have been drafted with the explicit intent of influencing educational standards, as a means to drive curriculum, teaching, assessment, and ultimately, learning nationwide. [34] Moreover, scientific literacy provides an important basis for making informed social decisions.

  3. Information deficit model - Wikipedia

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    In studies of science communication, the information deficit model, also known as the deficit model or science literacy/knowledge deficit model, theorizes that scientific literacy can be improved with increased public engagement by the scientific community. [1] As a result, the public may then be able to make more decisions that are science ...

  4. Disciplinary literacy - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, disciplinary literacy is the teaching of literacy within the defined disciplines of mathematics, science, English-language arts, and social studies. This process is defined as "the use of reading, rereading, investigating, speaking, and writing required to learn and form complex content knowledge appropriate to a ...

  5. Literacy - Wikipedia

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    Literacy is the ability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was understood solely as alphabetical literacy (word and letter recognition); and the period after 1950, when literacy slowly began to be considered as a wider concept and process, including the social and cultural ...

  6. Information literacy - Wikipedia

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    The phrase "information literacy" first appeared in print in a 1974 report written on behalf of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science by Paul G. Zurkowski, who was at the time president of the Information Industry Association (now the Software and Information Industry Association). Zurkowski used the phrase to describe ...

  7. What are recess appointments? Here's what to know as Trump ...

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    Republicans on Capitol Hill have voiced their desire to confirm Trump’s nominees as soon as possible in the new year. South Dakota Sen. John Thune, elected as the Republican Senate Leader on ...

  8. Literacy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons." [28] The World Factbook does not include the U.S. literacy rate in its reporting. [29] Using its definition, literacy refers to the percentage of people age 15 or older who can read and ...

  9. Hemp business owners rally against regulations in Illinois - AOL

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    (The Center Square) – Hemp businesses advocating for responsible industry wide regulations urge Illinois lawmakers to reject an Illinois Department of Agriculture proposed rule regulating hemp.