The student material, entitled “What type of fuel would you choose?”, is focused on the socio-scientific controversy between selecting conventional diesel or biodiesel (of 1st or 2nd generation). The student material was developed by three in-service chemistry teachers through a collaborative design approach, as a viable approach for developing better curricula and understanding its effects. Grounded on the SSIBL framework, the three chemistry teachers decided to co-design the student material, during their participation in the first cycle of PARRISE Cyprus TPD courses (2015-16).
The student material addresses 7 main objectives, as follows:
O1.Promote conceptual understanding (e.g. Air composition, Air quality, Air pollutants, Conventional fuels, Biofuels, diesel, biodiesel)
O2.Promote inquiry-based skills (e.g. data collection, organization and interpretation)
O3.Promote active citizenship
O4.Promote RRI attitudes
O5.Promote collaborative skills
O6.Promote ICT skills
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Students’ evaluation is based mostly on formative assessment approaches. In particular the science teacher can evaluate his/her students through the following venues:
- Classroom discussions during which students are asked to express their ideas
- Teacher observation and teacher-student interactions as students are working in their dyads
- Students’ completed templates (Worksheets) on STOCHASMOS web-based platform
- Informative flyers a the final artifact devised by the students at end of the intervention
