ERIC Number: EJ905656
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-1305-8223
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Investigation of a Pattern between Students' Engagement in Argumentation and Their Science Content Knowledge: A Case Study
Eskin, Handan; Ogan-Bekiroglu, Feral
EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, v5 n1 p63-70 2009
The aim of this study was, first, to investigate any pattern between students' quantitative contribution to argumentation and their science understanding, and second, to analyze any relationship between students' qualitative contribution to argumentation and their scientific knowledge. Participants of the study were four tenth-grade students. The participants were videotaped during the argumentations embedded in the physics class. Two interviews were conducted with each participant in order to examine their scientific understanding deeply. Argumentations were analyzed as quantitative and qualitative by using Toulmin's Argument Pattern. Results from the study illustrate no significant relationship between students' engagement in argumentation and their science content knowledge. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Persuasive Discourse, Grade 10, Physics, Video Technology, Learning Strategies, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Science Achievement, Case Studies, Interviews, Discourse Analysis, Correlation, Protocol Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Grade 10; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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