Socioscientific Issues to Promote Content Knowledge & Socioscientific Reasoning in Puerto Rican High School Students

Socioscientific issues have proved to be excellent tools for fostering the development of higher-order thinking skills that lead to superior socioscientific reasoning and decision making. This educational construct, with a focus on a local coastal environmental situation, was incorporated into a sci...

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Published in:The American biology teacher 2019-05, Vol.81 (5), p.328-332
Main Authors: Villarín, Lorraine J. Ramírez, Fowler, Samantha R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Biology
Coastal environments
Course Content
Decision Making
Environmental Education
Exploration
High School Students
Knowledge Level
Marine Education
Private Schools
Puerto Ricans
Reasoning
relevant content knowledge
RESEARCH ON LEARNING
Science Instruction
Science Tests
Social Science Research
Socioscientific issues
socioscientific reasoning
Students
Teaching Methods
Thinking Skills
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Summary:Socioscientific issues have proved to be excellent tools for fostering the development of higher-order thinking skills that lead to superior socioscientific reasoning and decision making. This educational construct, with a focus on a local coastal environmental situation, was incorporated into a science class of high school biology students in Puerto Rico to assess relevant content knowledge and enable socioscientific reasoning. We describe how socioscientific reasoning was introduced, implemented, and assessed and the influence it had on students during a four-week in-depth exploration on the topic.
ISSN:0002-7685
1938-4211
DOI:10.1525/abt.2019.81.5.328