The need and relevance of emphasizing decision
making in science teaching have also been argued by
several educators through the last few three decade.
Based on the mentioned principles and theories, it
was found that lower secondary school students
became an important target in developing the ability
in socio
-
scientific decision making.
S
tudent
s
learning science this way
would not just memorize
information, but
they would use
scientific thinking to
make everyday decision
s
. However, there is no
current form of teaching to develop socio
-
scientific
decision making, a future research should be
developed to support the style fo
r lower secondary
school students in correlation with a reform in the
study of science in the future.