Unifying Themes in Socioscientific Issues-Based Instruction for Scientific Literacy Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 299-307
Author(s):  
Wardell A. Powell
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Literacy Development ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Socioscientific Issues ◽  
Elementary Grades ◽  
College Level ◽  
World Scientific ◽  
Development Section ◽  
Scientific Context ◽  
Based Instruction

This chapter presents the unifying themes in socioscientific issues-based instruction for scientific literacy development. Section 1 presented an overview of how to effectively implement socioscientific issues in the elementary grades to provide students with opportunities to apply science to their everyday lives. Section 2 built upon where the authors left off in section one. In this section, the authors used real-world scientific context to provide opportunities to use character and values and moral reasoning as they think about finding solutions to real-world scientific problems. Section 3 showed the continued use of socioscientific issues with an upward trajectory to enhance scientific literacy at the college level. Section 4 demonstrated socioscientific issues being successfully implemented at the core of the P-12 educational system. In Section 5, the authors revealed the integrative nature among STEM, model-based learning, and socioscientific issues in achieving scientific literacy.

scholarly journals A Development Assistance of Integrated Science Instructional Material by Integrating Real World Context and Scientific Literacy on Science Teachers

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (02) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Asrizal Asrizal ◽  
Wahyuni Satria Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Science Teaching ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Real World ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Instructional Material ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Integrated Science ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Assessment Sheet ◽  
Understanding Of Science

Science teaching in junior high schools should be conducted in integrated form. However, the real condition shows that in implementing integrated science teaching in the schools, there were several problems. The solution of this problem is to develop integrated science teaching materials by integrating real-world context and scientific literacy on Science teachers in East Agam district. The objective of the activity is to assist science teachers in developing integrated science teaching material and apply it in science teaching in the classroom. Participants of program assistance were 40 science teachers who were members of the Science MGMP in East Agam district. The instrument for collecting data consisted of pretest and posttest, performance assessment sheet, and questionnaire sheet of science teachers response. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics analysis and correlated comparison test. Based on the results of data analysis can be stated that: 1). In implementing the program assistance, there are 32 products produced in integrated science worksheet form, 2). The average value of the science teacher's response to the implementation of program assistance for the development of integrated science teaching material can be classified into good category, and 3). The implementation of the program assistance for the development of integrated science teaching material is effective to improve the understanding of science teachers on the material of instructional material, the concept of integrated science learning, and the concept of scientific literacy.

Enhancing Socioscientific Reasoning Through Nature of Technology

2021 ◽  
pp. 162-190
Author(s):  
Hyunok Lee ◽  
Hyunju Lee
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Socioscientific Issues ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Essential Component ◽  
Ssr Analysis ◽  
Socioscientific Reasoning ◽  
Nature Of Technology

Fostering informed Socioscientific Reasoning (SSR) is an essential component of developing scientific literacy. In this chapter, the authors suggest that enhancing Nature of Technology (NOT) understanding can be one way to leverage students' informed socioscientific reasoning. The authors describe a proposed NOT conceptual framework with four dimensions and detailed components, and present an analysis of students' reasoning of various socioscientific issues using this framework. Finally, the authors present the finding that NOT components were present in student discussions with varying levels of understanding. The SSR analysis reveals that students with NOT informed understanding can appreciate the integrated characteristics of technology, so as to make sophisticated decisions about science and technology that will change society in fundamental ways, for both better and worse.

Integrating Scientific Modeling and Socio-Scientific Reasoning to Promote Scientific Literacy

2021 ◽  
pp. 31-54
Author(s):  
Julie Keane ◽  
Laura A. Zangori ◽  
Troy D. Sadler ◽  
Patricia J. Friedrichsen
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Students ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Scientific Reasoning ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Scientific Modeling ◽  
Disciplinary Knowledge ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Modeling Practice ◽  
Based Instruction ◽  
Support Students

Socio-scientific issues (SSI) are widely advocated as a productive context for promoting scientific literacy that aims to prepare responsible citizens who can use science in their daily lives. However, many teachers find it challenging to enact SSI and consider SSI and discipline-based instruction as mutually exclusive approaches to science teaching. In this chapter, the authors present their framework for SSI instruction, socio-scientific issue and model-based learning (SIMBL), that emphasizes both disciplinary knowledge and its social implications. In particular, the authors argue that the integration of scientific modeling and socio-scientific reasoning (SSR) can advance students' competencies in both areas, thus promoting students' scientific literacy. The authors use an illustrative example from their work with elementary students to demonstrate the connection between students' modeling practice and their SSR. The authors conclude the chapter by introducing the epistemic tools developed to support students' modeling practice and SSR as well as implications for classroom enactments.

Faculty Workshop on Using Instructional Technologies and Satellite Data for College-Level Education in the Atmospheric and Earth Sciences

1998 ◽  
Vol 79 (10) ◽  
pp. 2153-2160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Wetzel ◽  
David Dempsey ◽  
Sandra Nilsson ◽  
Mohan Ramamurthy ◽  
Steve Koch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Remote Sensing ◽  
College Level ◽  
Instructional Technologies ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Based Instruction ◽  
The University ◽  
Faculty Workshop

An education-oriented workshop for college faculty in the atmospheric and related sciences was held in Boulder, Colorado, during June 1997 by three programs of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. The objective of this workshop was to provide faculty with hands-on training in the use of Web-based instructional methods for specific application to the teaching of satellite remote sensing in their subject areas. More than 150 faculty and associated scientists participated, and postworkshop evaluation showed it to have been a very successful integration of information and activities related to computer-based instruction, educational principles, and scientific lectures.

Using Spreadsheets to Promote Algebraic Thinking

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 470-478
Author(s):  
Michael T. Battista ◽  
Caroline Van Auken Borrow
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Algebraic Thinking ◽  
Algebraic Reasoning ◽  
Elementary Grades ◽  
Division Algorithm ◽  
Arithmetic Operations ◽  
Algebraic Symbolism ◽  
Real World Problems

For students to find algebra conceptually meaningful, as well as useful in modeling and analyzing real-world problems, they must be able to reflect on, make sense of, and communicate about general numerical procedures (Kieran 1992). Such procedures consist of set sequences of arithmetic operations performed on numbers. Examples include computing an average and performing the standard division algorithm. Thinking about numerical procedures starts in the elementary grades and continues in successive grades until students can eventually express and reflect on the procedures using algebraic symbolism. This article outlines how such thinking can progress to algebraic reasoning and illustrates how computers used to promote this progression.

scholarly journals Evaluating Two Approaches to Helping College Students Understand Evolutionary Trees through Diagramming Tasks

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy Perry ◽  
Eli Meir ◽  
Jon C. Herron ◽  
Susan Maruca ◽  
Derek Stal
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Evolutionary Theory ◽  
Real World ◽  
Evolutionary Trees ◽  
College Level ◽  
Learning Gains ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Standard Textbook ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Software Program

To understand evolutionary theory, students must be able to understand and use evolutionary trees and their underlying concepts. Active, hands-on curricula relevant to macroevolution can be challenging to implement across large college-level classes where textbook learning is the norm. We evaluated two approaches to helping students learn macroevolutionary topics. Treatment 1 is a laboratory for the software program EvoBeaker designed to teach students about evolutionary trees. We tested Treatment 1 among nine college-level biology classes and administered pre/posttests to assess learning gains. We then sought to determine whether the learning gains from Treatment 1 were comparable to those derived from an alternate hands-on treatment, specifically the combination of a prerecorded lecture on DVD and paper-based activity based on Goldsmith's Great Clade Race (Treatment 2). Comparisons of pre- and posttests among participants using either Treatment 1 or 2 show large learning gains on some misconceptions and skills beyond knowledge gained from reading standard textbook entries. Both treatments performed equivalently in overall learning gains, though both had areas where they performed better or worse. Furthermore, gains among students who used Treatment 1 representing a wide range of universities suggest that outcomes are potentially applicable to a variety of “real-world” biology classes.

Is Laboratory Based Instruction in Beginning College-Level Chemistry Worth the Effort and Expense?

1998 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Hilosky ◽  
Frank Sutman ◽  
Joseph Schmuckler
Keyword(s):  
College Level ◽  
Based Instruction
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