The half-life of a “teachable moment”: The case of Nobel laureates

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 326-337

  Baram Tsabari, Ayelet ^a   Segev, Elad ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

data mining; Google; media effect; Nobel Prize; quantitative analysis; teachable moment

Indexed keywords

AWARDS AND PRIZES; DATA MINING; EDUCATION; INFORMATION LITERACY; INFORMATION SEEKING; LEARNING; MASS MEDIUM; SCIENCE; TIME;

DATA MINING; INFORMATION LITERACY; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MASS MEDIA; NOBEL PRIZE; SCIENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84926373338     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662513491369     Document Type: Article

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