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An Undergraduate Science Information Literacy Tutorial in a Web 2.0 World.

open access: yesIssues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2008
The development of an interactive web-based science information literacy tutorial that introduces undergraduate science majors to basic components of scientific literature is described.
Jeanine Marie Scaramozzino
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dimensions of the AI Divide: Digital Inequality and Psychological Consequences

open access: yesAI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a foundational component of contemporary social, economic, and political life. Yet, the ways in which AI reshapes patterns of exclusion beyond questions of access and technical capability remain insufficiently theorized.
Christos Papaioannou
wiley   +1 more source

Developing Science Literacy in Students and Society: Theory, Research, and Practice. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Microbiol Biol Educ, 2023
Kelp NC   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How does the Kids SIPsmartER program impact the sugar‐sweetened beverage intake of students: An investigation beyond total treatment effect in randomized controlled trial

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study develops and empirically estimates a structural framework to decompose the causal pathways of multilevel behavioral interventions targeting adolescent health behaviors. We apply this framework to the Kids SIPsmartER (KSS) program, a 6‐month, school‐based intervention evaluated through a clustered randomized controlled trial in rural
Naveen Abedin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Links in the chain: bringing together literacy and science

open access: yes, 2017
In Australia, the Federal Government and the Australian Academy of Science have developed a programme entitled "Primary Connections" (primaryconnections.org. au), aimed at supporting the teaching of science in the primary sector.
Taylor, Subhashni   +3 more
core  

Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A phenomenographic study of English faculty's conceptions of information literacy

open access: yes, 2007
The purpose of this research is to identify UK English academics' conceptions of information literacy and compare those conceptions with current information literacy standards and ...
Boon, Stuart   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Literacy and mental disorders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Purpose of review: This review examines recent evidence on the comorbidity between literacy problems and psychiatric disorder in childhood and discusses possible contributory factors.
Carroll, Julia M.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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