Primary Scientific Literature Is Not Just for Students and Academics: a Study of Primary Source Modalities and Predictors of Learning across Adulthood

ABSTRACT The 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic and distrust for popular media have highlighted the need for effective methods of direct communication of biomedical science to the public. It is presently unclear how well nonexperts can learn from primary scientific sources and what factors predict su...

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Main Authors: Melissa McCartney, Xiaoqing Wan, Christina D. Griep, Nichole R. Lighthall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-04-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.00122-22