ERIC Number: EJ1431890
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0671
EISSN: EISSN-1940-0675
Effects of Socioscientific Issues-Based Teaching on Attitudes: Students' Resources as Moderator
Journal of Educational Research, v117 n4 p169-184 2024
Engagement with socioscientific issues (SSI) is seen as an important citizenship goal of SSI-based science education. In this experimental study, Dutch students (age 8 to 13) participated in lesson series in which they learned about and discussed SSI, such as issues related to the textile industry and wastewater. Attitudes toward SSI indicating engagement were measured among relatively large experimental (n = 236) and control (n = 192) groups prior to and after the intervention. Multilevel analyses showed a positive effect of SSI-based teaching on collective efficacy and no effects on the other seven attitude components. Furthermore, we investigated whether the effects depended on students' SSI-related resources. Students' profiles for use of sources of knowledge (USK) moderated the effect of condition on self-efficacy and--depending on analysis type--on personal relevance, positive feelings, and collective efficacy. The positive impact occurred mainly for students with low USK. We discuss implications thereof for SSI education.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science and Society, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Citizenship, Science Education, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Textiles Instruction, Water Pollution, Self Efficacy, Information Sources
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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