id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-14687 Sapp, Gregg Science Literacy: A Discussion and an Information-Based Definition 1992-01-01 10 .pdf application/pdf 5846 318 51 College and Research Libraries Science Literacy: A Discussion and an Information-based Definition Gregg Sapp Recently, science literacy has been the subject of much discussion in both the scholarly and popular press. The concept of science literacy encompasses two distinct but related dimensions: the first being concerns for the quality of scientific and technical education that American students receive at all levels, and the second being deficiencies and misconceptions that exist in the overall public understanding of science. cache/crl-14687.pdf txt/crl-14687.txt