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Goals' Attainment in Science-Technology-Society (S/T/S) Education: Expectations and Reality. A Probe Into the Case of British Columbia.
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Zoller, Uri; And Others – 1988
Based on the belief that students should have a better understanding of technology and science and their interaction with society, the course Science and Technology 11 (ST 11), was proposed in 1984 for students in grade 11 in British Columbia (Canada) who did not elect one of the existing science courses. In September 1986, this new STS course was…
Descriptors: Course Content, Decision Making, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
The STS Outlook Profiles of Israeli High-School Students and Their Teachers.
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Ben-Chaim, David; Zoller, Uri – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
Presents the STS (science/technology/society) outlook profiles of 546 eleventh graders from Israeli high schools within the existing science, nonscience, and technological tracks in terms of cognition, behavior, and literacy. Findings indicate significant differences between the profiles for students regarding behavior and literacy but not for…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Cognitive Measurement, Foreign Countries, Grade 11
The No Change in Junior Secondary Students' Attitudes toward Science in a Period of Curriculum Change: A Probe into the Case of British Columbia.
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Ebenezer, Jazlin V.; Zoller, Uri – School Science and Mathematics, 1993
Compared the science attitudes of tenth-grade students from British Columbia, Canada, in 1986 with those from tenth-grade students in 1989 after a three-year science-technology-society instructional period. No positive change in students' attitudes toward science was registered. (13 references) (MDH)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Awareness, Computer Uses in Education, Conservation (Environment)