THE EFFECTS OF SOCIOSCIENTIFIC ISSUES APPROACH WITH THINKING WHEEL MAPS ON ENTREPRENEURIAL SCIENCE THINKING AMONG FIFTH GRADERS

This research was conducted to examine the effects of socioscientific issue approach (SSI) with thinking wheel map (TM) on entrepreneurial science (EST) and constructs Observation, New Ideas, Innovation, Creativity, Value. A teaching learning (TL) module developed guide teachers in implementing infusion SSI TM TL EST among fifth graders. Quasi-experimental quantitative 345 graders urban primary schools Malaysia. total three groups were assigned randomly; namely, i) SSI-TM (n=115), ii) (n=115) iii) Conventional (CONV, n=115). The results MANCOVA analysis showed a significant effect across for EST. Meanwhile, ANCOVA compared CONV all higher post-test mean score than SSI, then significantly studied except Observation. findings prove that positively impacts cultivation Keywords: thinking, graders, issues approach, map,