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How Can Socio-Scientific Issues Help Develop Critical Thinking in Chemistry Education? A Reflection on the Problem of Plastics
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María del Mar López-Fernández; Francisco González-García; Antonio Joaqui´n Franco-Mariscal – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Socio-scientific issues demonstrate the relationship between science, technology, and society by considering currently unresolved questions. The problem of plastics and their pollution is just one example with important implications for the planet. The aim of this paper is to revisit socio-scientific issues and see them as a way of developing…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Citizen Participation
A Systematic Review of the Research Papers on Chemistry-Focused Socio-Scientific Issues
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Çalik, Muammer; Wiyarsi, Antuni – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2021
Although chemistry-focused socio-scientific issues support the 'relevance' model of chemistry education, the related literature has lacked any systematic review handling them together. For this reason, this research aimed to thematically synthesize the research papers on chemistry-focused socio scientific issues (SSI) from 2008 to 2020 and…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Education, Science and Society, Educational Research
Students' Context-Specific Epistemic Justifications, Prior Knowledge, Engagement, and Socioscientific Reasoning in a Mobile Augmented Reality Learning Environment
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Chang, Hsin-Yi; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2020
We engaged 47 eighth-grade students in a newly developed learning environment that integrates mobile augmented reality (AR) technology to support students' learning of nuclear energy use and radiation pollution, a topic related to a socioscientific issue (SSI) that involves complex reasoning considering scientific evidence and multiple…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Handheld Devices, Computer Simulation
The Effect of Science-Technology-Society Approach-Based Worksheets on Improving Indonesian Students' Scientific Literacy
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Pratama, Anisa O. S.; Abdurrahman, Abdurrahman; Jalmo, Tri – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2018
The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of science-technology-society (STS) approach based worksheets on improving Indonesian students' scientific literacy of 'environmental pollution' topic. Through quasi-experimental research method (nonequivalent pre-post control group design), the sample of the study comprised of 64 junior high…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Scientific Literacy, Worksheets, Foreign Countries