Socioscientific Decision Making in the Science Classroom: The Effect of Embedded Metacognitive Instructions on Students' Learning Outcomes

Table 1

Contexts for the different SSIs used in the pre- and posttest questionnaire on socioscientific decision making.

	Pretest	Posttest
Describing socioscientific issues	Issue no. 1: Uncontrolled Collection of Rattan in the Indonesian Rainforest	Issue no. 1: Overfishing of Tuna around Tonga in the South Pacific
Developing solutions to socioscientific issues	Issue no. 2: Oil Production and its Side Effects in the Siberian Tundra	Issue no. 2: Soy Production in Rainforest Areas in Paraguay
Evaluating solutions to socioscientific issues	Issue no. 3: Shrimp Aquaculture in Mangrove Areas in Indonesia	Issue no. 3: Collection of Hoodia for Medicine Production in the Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa