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SUBMITTER: Rhodes M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7211969 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20200416 18
Subtle features of common language can imply to young children that scientists are a special and distinct kind of person-a way of thinking that can interfere with the development of children's own engagement with science. We conducted a large field experiment (involving 45 prekindergarten schools, 130 teachers, and over 1,100 children) to test if targeting subtle properties of language can increase science engagement in children's daily lives. Despite strong tendencies to describe scientists as ...[more]