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Cansiz, Nurcan; Cansiz, Mustafa – Online Submission, 2014
This study investigated argumentation patterns resulting in teacher-guided and peer-guided group discussions on four socioscientific-issues (SSI). Two groups, each including five students from grade 7, studied on a different SSI during four weeks. Discussions within both groups were observed, videotaped, and analyzed qualitatively. After four…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Group Discussion, Science and Society, Grade 7
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Cobern, William W. – 1987
In this study, American pre-service teachers' responses on Kimball's Nature of Science Survey (NOSS) were used as a basis for analyzing the sense of "the nature of science" held by a group of Nigerian pre-service science teachers. In comparing the responses it was apparent that the Nigerian students were much more inclined to see science…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Urven, Lance E.; Yin, L. Roger; Bak, John D. – 1998
In fall 1997, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (UWW) provided Science and Technology in Society, a university general studies science literacy course, to advanced placement high school students at three local high schools, using a combination of live video presentations and World Wide Web (WWW) courseware. A total of 26 high school students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement, Audiovisual Communications, College Students