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Direct linkKolsto, Stein Dankert – International Journal of Science Education, 2006
This paper reports a qualitative study on students' informal reasoning on a controversial socio-scientific issue. Twenty-two students from four science classes in Norway were interviewed about the local construction of new power lines and the possible increased risk of childhood leukaemia. The focus in the study is on what arguments the students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Reaction, Decision Making, Power Technology
