Students Practise: Teaching ASK
Because some (or many) students often lack certain ASK to more independently design & implement RiNA projects, it may be necessary for teachers to provide some relevant possible topics (e.g., as here) and/or lessons & activities prior to them designing & implementing practice RINA projects. It is common, for instance, for students to be unfamiliar with correlational studies (vs. experiments, as illustrated at right/below) as sources of empirical support for claims about the world. Correlational studies seem highly ethical for investigating possible STSE harms, and often are more feasible than experiments. Such mainly skills-based lessons & activities should, again, be mainly TD/CE to ensure all students gain appropriate ASK, but also engage them in more SD/OE activities to deepen their ASK about studies. A sample lesson/activity sequence for a grade 10 science class is provided here. Afterwards, depending on student needs, teachers can provide suggestions for STSE action types, like here.