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A Comparison of STS-teaching and Traditional Physics Lessons - On the Correlation of Physics Knowledge and Taking Action

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Research in Science Education - Past, Present, and Future

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In this paper one of a total of three components of the research project “Learning Physics and Taking Action” is described (Dahncke, 1996, 1997). We report in key words on the frame of reference, aims of the study, structure of the three components, hypotheses and the design of the study. Then, we briefly explain the basic concepts which underlie our hypotheses and the design: knowledge as propositionally represented knowledge, taking action according to Edelmann’s criteria (1996), lessons as traditional physics lessons or STS-teaching (Science-Technology-Society), the effect of teaching as part of a control group design with six secondary school classes (130 subjects / 9th graders in Germany and Estonia) and a design of repeated measuring with data collection before and after the corresponding lessons. The acquisition, processing and evaluation of data as part of a multifactorial analysis are briefly mentioned and presented together with the findings of the study.

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Dahncke, H., Behrendt, H., Reiska, P. (2001). A Comparison of STS-teaching and Traditional Physics Lessons - On the Correlation of Physics Knowledge and Taking Action. In: Behrendt, H., et al. Research in Science Education - Past, Present, and Future. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47639-8_8

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