Scientific knowledge is as much about culture as education
One in four Americans doesn’t know that the Earth revolves around the Sun, but this says much more about culture than it does about education
Occam's Corner / The Guardian.
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Open data for science education
Open data is the idea that scientific data should be freely available to all, without restrictions, in searchable online repositories. The open data movement is gaining momentum in the scientific community because of its promise to enable more frequent replication of studies and to accelerate the pace of research. But the advantages for science education are just as compelling.
PLOS Blogs.