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Direct linkZhu, Yucheng; He, Aiwen – Journal of Educational Research, 2022
This study investigates the effect of group collaborative argumentation on the quality of decision-making on waste incineration of socioscientific issues (SSI). To achieve this, fifty-nine high school students engaged with a lecture-style class that did not use any argumentation activities. They then completed an individual survey aimed at…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Social Problems, Decision Making, Sanitation
Liu, Fan; Bryson, Ken A. – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2009
The infamous "Sydney Tar Ponds" are well known as one of the largest toxic waste sites of Canada, due to almost 100 years of steelmaking in Sydney, a once beautiful and peaceful city located on the east side of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. This article begins with a contextual overview of the Tar Ponds issue including a brief…
Descriptors: Activism, Foreign Countries, Pollution, Industry
