Proceedings of the 6th International Seminar on Science Education (ISSE 2020)

Exploring Students’ Decision-Making Ability in the Context of Socio-Scientific Issues

Authors
Dita Ardwiyanti, Zuhdan Kun Prasetyo
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Dita Ardwiyanti
Available Online 28 March 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210326.096How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Decision-making, Science education, Socio-scientific issues
Abstract

Decision-making is a vital competence for a participatory living in 21st-century societies, which is plausible to prompt sustainable development goals. The purpose of the present study was to describe students’ decision-making ability in the socio-scientific context focusing on three aspects: stating the option, describing the decision-making strategy, weighing the criteria according to personal values. This survey study involved 160 junior high school students through a simple random sampling technique. Data were collected using an open-ended questionnaire in the context of the future of grouper fish’s issue. Data were analyzed quantitatively using percentage calculation and qualitatively based on excerpts of students’ responses. The results showed a disparity in the students’ decision-making abilities in each aspect. The ability to state the option was mostly high-developed. However, most students found difficulties describing the decision-making strategy and weighing the criteria according to personal values. These findings urge the science education researcher to innovate the most appropriate decision-making-oriented learning.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 6th International Seminar on Science Education (ISSE 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
28 March 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-359-2
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210326.096How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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