Improving vocational students’ consideration of source information when deciding about science controversies

We present an empirical investigation of a classroom training fostering vocational students’ consideration of source information when deciding about science-based controversies. The training was specifically aimed at raising students’ awareness of the division of cognitive labor and the resulting ne...

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Published in:Reading & writing 2016-04, Vol.29 (4), p.705-729
Main Authors: Stadtler, Marc, Scharrer, Lisa, Macedo-Rouet, Monica, Rouet, Jean-François, Bromme, Rainer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Comprehension
Consciousness Raising
Control Groups
Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Credibility
Education
Grade 9
Inferences
Information
Information Sources
Internet
Interpersonal behavior
Language and Literature
Linguistics
Literacy
Neurology
Pretests Posttests
Professional education
Protocol Analysis
Psycholinguistics
Reading comprehension
Reading Skills
Resistance (Psychology)
Science
Science Curriculum
Science Instruction
Scientific Principles
Secondary Education
Social Sciences
Teaching Methods
Training
Validity
Vocational Education
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Summary:We present an empirical investigation of a classroom training fostering vocational students’ consideration of source information when deciding about science-based controversies. The training was specifically aimed at raising students’ awareness of the division of cognitive labor and the resulting need to take a source’s competence into account when deciding whom to trust. Data were collected from a training group and a waiting list control group in a pretest–posttest design. The results show that students benefitted from the training in terms of their inclination to agree with pertinent expert sources rather than low-pertinent experts and to refer to the source of information to justify their judgment. Source memory was not affected by the training.
ISSN:0922-4777
1573-0905
DOI:10.1007/s11145-016-9623-2