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The Effects of STS Issue Investigation and Action Instruction versus Traditional Life Science Instruction on Seventh Grade Students' Citizenship Behaviors.
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Wiesenmayer, Randall L.; Rubba, Peter A. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1999
Reports on a study of seventh-grade life science students who received Science-Technology-Society (STS) instruction in their life science classes (n=264) versus students who received only instruction in life science content (n=136). Finds that the model of STS instruction employed significantly increased students' participation in citizenship…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Community Action