Judith Bennett|Fred Lubben|Sylvia Hogarth
Bringing science to life: A synthesis of the research evidence on the effects of context?based and STS approaches to science teaching
University of York|University of York|University of York
abstract contextbased sciencetechnologysociety sts approaches teaching science high school become widely used past two decades aspire foster positive attitudes science time provide sound basis scientific understanding study paper reviews detailed research evidence 17 experimental studies undertaken eight different countries effects contextbased sts approaches drawing findings two systematic reviews research literature review findings indicate contextbasedsts approaches result improvement attitudes science understanding scientific ideas developed comparable conventional approaches approaches also result positive attitudes science girls boys reduce gender differences attitudes paper also considers issues emerging work area relation study design constraints may militate use experimental research designs gathering evidence impact interventions fundamental constraint extent possible make comparisons existing methods interventions aims overlapping also differ significant ways 2006 wiley periodicals inc sci ed 91 347370 2007