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Direct linkYager, Robert E. – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2004
Social issues provide real life and motivational questions which are successful in engaging the minds of many people (especially students). When dealing with social issues, students see the importance of so-called basic concepts and skills in dealing with them. For most persons, real mind engagement rarely occurs in educational settings. One…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Social Problems, Science Education, Educational History
