Promoting students’ use of epistemic understanding in the evaluation of socioscientific issues through a practice-based approach

The epistemic understanding of science has always been an important part of science education, and critical engagement with socioscientific issues (SSI) is a desirable outcome of scientific literacy. However, investigations into the link between these two concepts have been inconclusive. Many students have very limited interest in epistemic understanding as they engage with SSI. This intervention study aims to address this gap between knowledge...