The set of 12 questions from the new Pew Research Center survey is, of course, only a small fraction of the possible topics and approaches to measuring public knowledge and understanding about science ...

Scholars have long debated the role knowledge about and understanding of science plays in shaping people’s views on science issues. The common supposition is that when ordinary people have different ...

Throughout history, Indigenous peoples have been responsible for the development of many technologies and have substantially contributed to science. Science is the pursuit of the knowledge. Approaches ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Science is a way of knowing about the world. At once a process, a product, and an ...

Teachers must be able to combine several important kinds of knowledge in order to successfully implement classroom science instruction for concept learning. These include knowledge of science content, ...

New research about how birds use fire to get a broader food supply comes as no surprise to Indigenous people. Our knowledge of what the denizens of the animal kingdom are up to, especially when humans ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American How much do Americans know about science?

There are substantial differences among Americans when it comes to knowledge and understanding of science topics, especially by educational levels as well as by gender, age, race and ethnicity, ...