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ERIC Number: EJ533240
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
An STS Case Study about Students' Decision Making on the Waste Issue.
Kortland, Koos
Science Education, v80 n6 p673-89 Nov 1996
Assesses students' existing and developing decision-making ability against the background of a normative model of the decision making process. Results indicate that after a unit on household packaging waste the students' arguments about a decision making situation improved in terms of validity and clarity of the criteria used. Contains 16 references. (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Skills, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Science and Society, Technology, Waste Disposal
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Netherlands
Note: STS is the acronym for Science, Technology and Society.