Fostering critical thinking, reasoning, and argumentation skills through bioethics education.

ABSTRACT: Developing a position on a socio-scientific issue and defending it using a well-reasoned justification involves complex cognitive skills that are challenging to both teach and assess. Our work centers on instructional strategies for fostering critical thinking skills in high school students using bioethical case studies, decision-making frameworks, and structured analysis tools to scaffold student argumentation. In this study, we examined the effects of our teacher professional development and curricular materials on the ability of high school students to analyze a bioethical case study and develop a strong position. We focused on student ability to identify an ethical question, consider stakeholders and their values, incorporate relevant scientific facts and content, address ethical princ

SUBMITTER: Chowning JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3350470 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature