Senior high school students' preference and reasoning modes about nuclear energy use

• Published in: International journal of science education Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 221 - 244
• Main Author: Yang, Fang-Ying
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2003; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Concept Formation; Curriculum subjects: programmes and methods; Educational sciences; Environmental Education; Exact and natural sciences; Fragebogen; Gesellschaft; Interdisciplinary Approach; Interview; Kernenergie; Nuclear Energy; Physics; Science Education; Secondary Education; Social Influences; Sozialer Hintergrund; Student Attitudes; Teaching methods; Taiwan; Secondary School Student; Science; Reasoning; Cognitive Style; Judgment

This study examined senior high school students' cognitive orientation toward scientific or social information, designated as information preference, and associated preferential reasoning modes when presented with an environmental issue concerning nuclear energy usage. The association of the in...