The measurement of civic scientific literacy, estimating the level of civic scientific literacy, provides an important reference for the implementation of the National Scheme for Scientific Literacy. The measure used in our country should be created based on a combination of abroad experience and achievements with specific conditions of the country, which can not only facilitate the international comparison, but also reflect the level of public scientific literacy in our country and judge whether the desired goal of increasing scientific literacy have been achieved. This paper aims to: 1) analyze the structure of conceptions civic scientific literacy from both domestic and abroad, 2) explore the intension, basic standard and measurement of civic scientific literacy that are suitable for conditions in China, and 3) establish a six-element model and a three-level-index system from two dimensions of “content” and “degree” for evaluating public scientific literacy in China.

scientific literacy  /  concept intension  /  basic standard  /  measurement