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An Instrument for Assessing Scientists' Written Skills in Public Communication of Science

January 22, 2013 | Media and Technology
This article describes the development of the first tool for measuring scientists' written skills in public communication of science. It includes the rationale for establishing learning goals in seven areas: clarity and language, content, knowledge organization, style, analogy, narrative, and dialogue, as well as the questions designed to assess these goals. The skills testing is primarily designed for assessing written communication skills and can be used in many science communication training contexts. It can serve as a baseline survey, a formative assessment, or in summative pretest/posttest evaluations. The article provides detailed criteria for analyzing the results of the instrument as well as findings from baseline data collected from science graduate and undergraduate students.

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  • Ayelet Baram-Tsabari
    Author
    Cornell University
  • Bruce 20160126 by Lindsay France
    Author
    Cornell University
  • Citation

    DOI : 10.1177/1075547012440634
    Publication Name: Science Communication
    Volume: 35
    Number: 56
    Resource Type: Research Products
    Discipline: General STEM
    Audience: Scientists | Evaluators
    Environment Type: Media and Technology

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