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ERIC Number: EJ349816
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Adolescent Reasoning in Socio-Scientific Issues, Part II: Nonsocial Cognition.
Fleming, Reg
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v23 n8 p689-98 Nov 1986
Discusses the inclusion of socio-scientific issues in science education. Describes a study in which adolescents who had successfully completed both high school chemistry and biology were interviewed to determine the extent to which they used their knowledge of the physical world, via nonsocial cognition, when analyzing such issues. (TW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Learning Theories, Metacognition, Science and Society, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Attitudes, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Social Attitudes, Social Cognition, Social Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Issues Approach; Science Education Research