公众科学素养测评研究

我国在测算公众科学素养时一直沿用国际通用的测算方法,即从3个维度测定达标率,3个维度都达标的被测试者才认为具备基本公众科学素养。该测算方法在我国的应用存在一定局限性:①科学素养水平层次划分不够细致,提供信息太少。②测算方法缺乏内在的灵活性。从弥补现有方法缺陷出发,提出了新的测算方法,其特点体现在:①将科学素养的测算比例改为科学素养综合得分,综合得分提取了被调查者在问卷中体现的所有信息;②为克服原有测算方法层次划分过于绝对与单调的缺陷,新的测算方法将科学素养水平划分为4个不同的层次,即不具备科学素养、初步具备科学素养、基本具备科学素养、完全具备科学素养4个层次;③区分不同题目的难易程度。

Study on the Measurement of Civic Scientific Literacy

The general measurement of civic scientific literacy had been applied in China since ever. Only when the three dimensional concept tests(the test of scientific knowledge, the test of scientific research approaches and procedures and the test of impacts of scientific technology on society and individual) were all passed could a tester be considered as a citizen having civic scientific literacy. However, the general measurement had its limits when applying to China: too little information was presented and la...