Improving Undergraduate Climate Change Literacy Through Writing: A Pilot Study

by: Jennifer D. Small Griswold

A climate-literate population, capable of making informed decisions related to climate change, is of critical importance as society faces ever-increasing global temperatures and changes in the climate system. This project evaluates the effectiveness of a novel instructional approach that incorporates climate change science into a first-year undergraduate level writing course. Science content included in the course focuses on climate and global environmental change and how it relates to society, policy, and economics.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 9/1/2017Stock # jcst17_047_01_31Volume 047Issue 01

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