AS 91923 · 5 credits · External
Science claims
Demonstrate understanding of science-related claims in communicated information
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This standard asks you to look at science claims in articles, advertisements, social media, or other information sources and understand how they're communicated. You need to identify what the source is and why they're sharing the information, spot the science language or conventions (like graphs, sample sizes, or peer review) they use, and explain whether these actually support the claim or not.
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What you actually do
- ·Identify the source of the information (who created or paid for it) and explain why they're communicating it
- ·Pick out the science-related claims being made in the communicated information
- ·Identify the science language or conventions used to support those claims (such as graphs, statistics, peer review, sample sizes, units of measurement, or expert sources)
- ·Describe how the science language or conventions support (or fail to support) the claim and what that means for how believable the claim is
- ·Evaluate whether the use of science language or conventions actually strengthens the claim, and suggest improvements where needed
AAchieved
You clearly identify the claims and the science language or conventions used, and you describe in your own words what they are and why the source included them.
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