Yawen Yu, Gaowei Chen, Yang Tao, Xiaofeng Li, Lina Yang, Shengwen Dong
Promoting college students' systems thinking in asynchronous discussions: Encouraging students initiating questions
Frontiers in psychology
socioscientific argumentation ssa increasingly recognized key aspect scientific literacy much reason skill crucial helping students become active participants twentyfirstcentury democratic societies construction informed critical views socioscientific issues eg climate change covid19 vaccination genetic testing plays fundamental role problem instructors rarely give students explicit researchbased opportunities enrich ssa skills therefore aim study provide evidence drama used platform enrich argumentation genetic testing data derived written responses audio recordings seventysix university students 37 females 39 males 1629 years old colombia complete dramabased teachinglearning sequence tls supervised instructor outcomes suggest sequence used enrich argumentation genetic testing effectively provided participants explicit opportunities produce arguments counterarguments controversy whether use genetic tests among people encouraged study contributes literature ssa science education demonstrating drama promising tool enhance argumentation sciencebased social issues online version contains supplementary material available 101007s10763022103203