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Science Fiction and Student Understanding of Science
May 16, 2007
Michael Barnett professor, education, Boston College

Michael Barnett, of Boston College's Lynch School, discusses how and why sci-fi movies seem so credible.

While studying student reaction to an experimental science curriculum, Barnett found that students who had viewed a science fiction movie were more influenced by it than by the material in the curriculum.

Education | Media & Technology | Science & Nature
Achievement Gap | Science | Classroom & Community | Fiction | Film & Video
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