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About the Covid-19 Pandemic Project
The Story Behind the Science website is the result of multiple projects coming together with one central purpose: to provide deeply researched, engaging stories of major science topics that explicitly highlight how science works, how scientists think, and the often messy process that leads to the development of scientific knowledge.
The Covid-19 Pandemic project [summary pending]
Project Title: Responding to Covid pandemic information and misinformation
Scope: Produce multiple resources for students and instructors targeting Covid topics.
Partial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation's Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program under Award No. 0618446.
Project Team
Dr. Benjamin C. Herman
Science Education
Principal Investigator
Dr. Michael P. Clough
Science Education
Dr. Asha Rao
Biology
Joe Taylor
M.S., Science Education
Webmaster, Editor
Project Research
Herman, B. C., Clough, M .P., & Rao, A. (2022). Socioscientific issues thinking and action in the midst of science-in-the-making. Science and Education https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11191-021-00306-y.
Herman, B. C., Poor, S., Clough, M., Rao, A., Kidd, A., De Jesús, D., & Varghese, D. (2024). It’s not just a science thing: Educating future STEM professionals through Mis/disinformation responsive instruction. Journal of Research in Science Teaching special issue: Learning and Teaching in Times of Science Denial and Disinformation. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21934
Herman, B. C., Clough, M. P., & Sobotka, A. (2024). The influence of COVID-19 science views, risk perceptions, and group membership on socioscientific decisions. International Journal of Science Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2023.2300378
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