@article {839, title = {METACOGNITIVE MODEL FOR DEVELOPING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING FUNCTIONAL LITERACY}, journal = {Journal of Baltic Science Education}, volume = {19}, year = {2020}, month = {April/2020}, pages = {Continuous}, type = {Original article}, chapter = {220-233}, abstract = {Science, technology and engineering functional literacy should be developed purposely in the school system {\textendash} like any other competence, it does not develop spontaneously. For this purpose, a didactic model, the Metacognitive Model for Developing Science, Technology and Engineering Literacy (McM_T\&E), was developed. Apart from acquiring knowledge and skills from the field of technology and engineering, the McM_T\&E is equally focused on developing functional literacy in the field of technology and engineering, as well as in the field of science, through the development of students{\textquoteright} metacognitive knowledge about reading strategies for reading STE explicatory texts and for reading manufacturing instructions. The McM_T\&E was implemented in a Technology and Technique{\textquoteright} (T\&T) class, grade six, in Slovenia. Results show that focusing on science, technology and engineering literacy in Technology and Engineering classes by using the McM_T\&E model increases the students{\textquoteright} science, technology, and engineering functional literacy, which is a fundamental competence in the 21st century. }, keywords = {engineering functional literacy, functional literacy, metacognitive didactic model, science functional literacy, technology}, issn = {1648-3898}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.33225/jbse/20.19.220}, url = {http://oaji.net/articles/2020/987-1586941392.pdf}, author = {Zvonka Cencelj and Boris Aber{\v s}ek and Andrej Flogie and Kordigel Aber{\v s}ek, M.} }