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Direct linkZeidler, Dana L.; Sadler, Troy D.; Simmons, Michael L.; Howes, Elaine V. – Science Education, 2005
An important distinction can be made between the science, technology, and society (STS) movement of past years and the domain of socioscientific issues (SSI). STS education as typically practiced does not seem embedded in a coherent developmental or sociological framework that explicitly considers the psychological and epistemological growth of…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Science Education, Social Problems, Ethical Instruction
Download full textZeidler, Dana L.; Walker, Kimberly A.; Ackett, Wayne A.; Simmons, Michael L. – 1999
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between students' conceptions of the nature of science and their reactions to evidence that challenged their beliefs about socio-scientific issues. This study used 248 students from 9th and 10th grade general science classes, 11th and 12th grade honors biology, honors science, and…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Ethics, High Schools, Higher Education
