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

Table 2

Scoring guide for the assessment of students’ socioscientific decision making (pre- and posttest).

	No.	Item description	Score
			0	1	2	3	4
Scale 1: describing socioscientific issues	1, 3	Sociosocial relation (sustainable and nonsustainable users)	No response or describes either the role of nonsustainable or sustainable users	Describes both social groups but not the relation between the two	Describes both social groups and their relation
	2, 4	Socioecological relation (nonsustainable users and resource)	No response or describes either the role of nonsustainable users or the resource	Describes the nonsustainable users and the resource but not the relation between the two	Describes the nonsustainable users and the resource and their relation
	5, 6	Developing solutions	No response	Develops a solution on the basis of one solitary aspect (ecological, economical, or one of the social aspects)	Develops a solution on the basis of 2–4 solitary aspects	Develops a solution on the basis of two aspects and their relation	Develops a solution on the basis of two or more relations
Scale 2: developing and evaluating solutions to socioscientific issues	7, 8	Evaluating solutions	No response	Evaluates a presented solution by referring to one solitary aspect; (ecological, economical, or one of the social aspects)	Evaluates a presented solution by referring to 2–4 solitary aspects	Evaluates a presented solution by referring to one or more relations between aspects
	9, 10	Suggesting improvement to solutions	No response	Makes a sensible suggestion but not on the basis of relevant aspects	Makes a suggestion on the basis of one aspect; (ecological, economical, or one of the social aspects)	Makes a suggestions on the basis of 2-3 solitary aspects	Makes a suggestion on the basis of one or more relations between aspects