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High School Biology Students' Use of Values in Their Moral Argumentation and Decision-Making
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Tore van der Leij; Martin Goedhart; Lucy Avraamidou; Arjen Wals – Journal of Moral Education, 2024
In this qualitative case study we examined the impact of a specially-designed classroom intervention for a group of 15-16-year-old Dutch biology students' use of values in contemplating five socioscientific issues in the human-nature context. The students worked in small groups to support various aspects of their morality. An ethical matrix was…
Descriptors: High School Students, Biology, Moral Values, Persuasive Discourse
A Chemistry Lesson for Citizenship: Students' Use of Different Perspectives in Decision-Making about the Use and Sale of Laughing Gas
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Bayram-Jacobs, Durdane; Wieske, Godfried; Henze, Ineke – Education Sciences, 2019
The aim of this study was to explore how the design of this chemistry lesson for citizenship influences students' use of different perspectives in decision-making about 'the use and sale of laughing gas'. In this study, 'the use and sale of laughing gas among youth' was chosen as a socio-scientific issue. This chemistry lesson for citizenship was…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Student Attitudes, Decision Making
An STS Case Study about Students' Decision Making on the Waste Issue.
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Kortland, Koos – Science Education, 1996
Assesses students' existing and developing decision-making ability against the background of a normative model of the decision making process. Results indicate that after a unit on household packaging waste the students' arguments about a decision making situation improved in terms of validity and clarity of the criteria used. Contains 16…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Skills, Critical Thinking, Decision Making
Decisionmaking in Environmental Education: Notes from Research in the Dutch NME-VO Project.
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De Jager, Henk; van der Loo, Frans – Journal of Environmental Education, 1990
The Dutch project on environmental education, which features decision making on environmental issues within its teaching materials, is described. The results of research done on teaching units entitled "Meat" and "Fuel" are outlined. (CW)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries