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Autor/inn/en | Dauer, Jenny M.; Lute, Michelle L.; Straka, Olivia |
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Titel | Indicators of Informal and Formal Decision-Making about a Socioscientific Issue |
Quelle | In: International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 5 (2017) 2, S.124-138 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 2147-611X |
Schlagwörter | Decision Making; Science and Society; Cognitive Processes; Science Process Skills; Problem Solving; Intuition; Bias; Abstract Reasoning; Logical Thinking; Postsecondary Education; College Science; Models; College Students; Fuels; Student Surveys; Scientific Attitudes; Pretests Posttests |
Abstract | We propose two contrasting types of student decision-making based on social and cognitive psychology models of separate mental processes for problem solving. Informal decision-making uses intuitive reasoning and is subject to cognitive biases, whereas formal decision-making uses effortful, logical reasoning. We explored indicators of students' formal decision-making in a socioscientific issue-focused general science post-secondary course that used a seven-step decision-making framework based in decision-science models. We found that students' value orientations predicted students' stance towards biofuels at the beginning but not at the end of the course, indicating some students' post-survey opinions were less rooted in affective value-judgments. Themes in student personal reasoning about biofuels were primarily focused on environmental and economic dimensions of the issue and revealed a greater awareness of alternative options and potential consequences of biofuel use at the end of the course. We observed a decrease in students' emotive arguments and an increase in students' justificatory arguments about biofuel use. A formal decision-making framework may be a useful tool in supporting students' formal, reasoned approach to deciding what we should do about complex socioscientific issues. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2020/1/01 |