Explore Students’ Decision-making Abilities from Socio-scientific Issues in CWISE.

• Main Authors: Wu, Jia-Zon, 吳佳蓉
• Other Authors: Hsu, Ying-Shao
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37032077764379184283

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 科學教育研究所 === 103 === This study is to explore the changes of students’ decision-making abilities and conceptual understanding of water resources from a socio-scientific issues course “location selection for a water reservoir” in Collaborative Web-based Inquiry Science Environment (CWISE). The valid sample of this study was 131 students from five junior high schools in Taiwan. Related measurements included a water-resource conceptual test, a decision-making ability test, and worksheets. Students' pre- and posttest scores were analyzed for their learning effects of the course. Results showed that student’s decision-making abilities (data interpretation, data analysis, evidence uses, decision making, and defect identification) and conceptual understanding of water resources improved significantly from the course. Moreover, high-score students in water-resource conceptual test had better decision-making abilities than low-score students. Students also trended to consider ecological-based criteria in environmental-related socio-scientific issues and use rationalistic reason to consider more criteria when making decisions. Based on these findings, suggestions are offered for designing courses of socio-scientific issues and decision-making in CWISE.