Advancing reflective judgment through socioscientific issues

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-101

  Zeidler, Dana L ^a   Sadler, Troy D ^b   Applebaum, Scott ^a   Callahan, Brendan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Ethical issues; Nature of science; Reflective judgment; Socioscientific issues

Indexed keywords

EPISTEMOLOGY; ETHICAL ISSUES; NATURE OF SCIENCE; REFLECTIVE JUDGMENT; SOCIOSCIENTIFIC ISSUES;

BLENDING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 59349117887     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20281     Document Type: Article

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