Michael D. Morgan|Joseph M. Moran
Understanding the Greenhouse Effect and the Ozone Shield: An Index of Scientific Literacy among University Students
University of Wisconsin–Green Bay|University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
authors administered survey nearly 1400 college students assess understanding greenhouse effect stratospheric ozone shield survey addressed basic scientific understanding well applied societal aspects two topics mean score significantly higher ozone statements greenhouse statements applied statements basic science statements students science majors taken physics high school obtained information magazines newspapers college courses scored higher counterparts nonscience majors taken physics whose principal information source television although male students scored significantly higher greenhouse portion survey significant genderrelated difference ozone segment survey