Re-thinking scientific literacy out-of-school: Arguing science issues in a niche Facebook application

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Highlights：

• Scientific literacy can be fostered in informal, out-of-school social media contexts.

• Young people argued socio-scientific issues in a Facebook (FB) application.

• Argumentation in FB demonstrated skills seen in formal learning contexts.

• The article discusses implications for the design of informal online learning.

摘要

•Scientific literacy can be fostered in informal, out-of-school social media contexts.•Young people argued socio-scientific issues in a Facebook (FB) application.•Argumentation in FB demonstrated skills seen in formal learning contexts.•The article discusses implications for the design of informal online learning.

论文关键词：Scientific literacy,Social media,Facebook,Computer-supported collaborative learning,Informal learning,Argumentation

论文评审过程：Received 29 December 2014, Revised 3 June 2015, Accepted 8 June 2015, Available online 28 June 2015, Version of Record 11 September 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.06.031