scientific literacy
Understanding empirical knowledge
Scientific literacy is the ability to understand and evaluate scientific concepts, methods, and findings.
It includes grasping how evidence is gathered, why experiments need controls, and what makes a claim scientifically credible.
A scientifically literate person can read a study and assess its limitations, distinguish correlation from causation, and recognize when statistics are being misused.
Scientific literacy helps people navigate health claims and climate debates.
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- science educationTeaching empirical inquiry methods
- science classCourse studying natural phenomena
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- peer reviewExpert evaluation before publication
peer reviewed · skepticism · fact checking · test · control group · misinformation · fake news · falsifiability · critical thinking · replication · public outreach · empirical evidence · measurement · sample size · science communication · science journalism · question · empiricism
- literacies
- science studiesscience communication, science policy, science education, public understanding, science journalism
- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
- educational materialslab manuals, science journals, science magazines, field guides, reference books
- science mediascience documentaries, science documentary, science magazine, science videos, science podcast
- Biology Educationbiology class, biology textbooks, biology curriculum, AP Biology, science outreach
scientific literacysuperstition
Baseless belief in omens
magical thinking · pseudoscience · dogmatism · irrationalism · credulity
scientific literacyscientific skepticism
Evidence-demanding epistemological stance