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Direct linkLombardi, Doug; Seyranian, Viviane; Sinatra, Gale M. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
Gaps between what scientists and laypeople find plausible may act as a barrier to learning complex and/or controversial socioscientific concepts. For example, individuals may consider scientific explanations that human activities are causing current climate change as implausible. This plausibility judgment may be due-in part-to individuals'…
Descriptors: Climate, Scientific Research, Credibility, Scientific Concepts
