18卷 3期
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2010
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pp. 229 - 252
大學生對基因改造作物議題的認知與論證能力之研究
University Students' Knowledge and Argumentation Skills Concerning a Socio-Scientific Issue
作者
林宗進
(國立臺灣科技大學 工程技術研究所)
林樹聲
(國立嘉義大學 科學教育所)
陳映均 *
(國立嘉義大學 科學教育研究所)
林宗進
國立臺灣科技大學 工程技術研究所
林樹聲
國立嘉義大學 科學教育所
陳映均 *
國立嘉義大學 科學教育研究所
英文摘要

This study investigated undergraduate students' knowledge, argumentation skills and the relationship between them in the context of a socio-scientific issue-Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). Eighty undergraduate students were categorized into two groups: biology majors and non-biology majors. Two open-ended questionnaires were respectively used to evaluate students' argumentation skills and to measure their understanding of three kinds of GMO knowledge-ontological, epistemological and situational knowledge. The results revealed that biology majors scored significantly higher than non-biology majors in ontological knowledge, epistemological knowledge, situational knowledge and in overall knowledge (p<.001). Biology majors broadly performed significantly better than non-biology majors on argumentation quality (p<.05). A significantly positive correlation exists between the students' argumentation skills and their respective scores on ontological knowledge, situational knowledge and overall knowledge (r=.21-.27, p<.05). The educational implications for improving university students' knowledge about GMO issues and argumentation skills were discussed.

中文關鍵字

大學生社會性科學議題知識基因改造作物論證

英文關鍵字

University StudentsSocio-Scientific IssuesKnowledge in ScienceGenetically Modified OrganismsArgumentation