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dc.contributor.authorEbenezer, Jazlinen
dc.coverage.spatialCY - Λευκωσίαen
dc.creatorEbenezer, Jazlinen
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-25T06:33:15Z
dc.date.available2016-02-25T06:33:15Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10797/14779en
dc.descriptionΠεριέχει το πλήρες κείμενοel
dc.description.abstractA way of scaffolding students to move back and forth between multiple meanings is the use of discussions that feature argumentation. Argumentation involves the evaluation of the worth, accuracy, and authenticity of various propositions. Middle years students (grade 7=28 students and grade 8=30 students) used the WebCourseTools (WebCT) “discussion board” as a platform to carry out argumentation when they studied a unit on particle theory of matter in the context of the Common Knowledge Construction teaching model (Ebenezer & Haggerty, 1999). Student postings were classified using Walton’s (1996) argumentation schemes for presumptive reasoning. Twelve schemes of reasoning were observed in student postings: argument from sign (F=45), argument from cause to effect (F=25), argument from evidence to hypothesis (F=22), argument from position to know (F=14), argument from expert opinion (F=9), argument from example (F=6), argument from analogy (F=4), argument from consequences (F=3); argument from precedent (F=2), circumstantial argument (F=1), argument from commitment (F=1), and argument from waste (F=1). The three general categories based on the nature and circumstance for argument are: experiential, referential, and provisional. “Argument from sign” illustrates how Walton’s schemes may be used to structure, interpret, and evaluate student dialogue for it’s argumentative strength and validity. The study promotes the development of argumentative skills in the science class and suggests the use of inquiry-based conceptual change models such as the Common Knowledge Construction teaching model to facilitate argumentation.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherDepartment of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprusen
dc.relation.ispartofNew technologiesen
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.rightsOpen Accessen
dc.sourceCBLIS Conference Proceedings 2003 Volume II: The educational potencial of new technologiesen
dc.titleWebCT dialogues on particle theory of matter: presumptive reasoning in students’ argumentationen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObjecten
dc.subject.uncontrolledtermDialogueen
dc.subject.uncontrolledtermPresumptive reasoningen
dc.subject.uncontrolledtermArgumentationen
dc.subject.uncontrolledtermWebCT discussion boarden
dc.subject.uncontrolledtermParticle theory of matteren
dc.subject.uncontrolledtermMiddle yearsen
dc.contributor.conferenceorganizerLearning in Physics Group, University of Cyprusen
dc.contributor.coordinatorConstantinou, Constantinos P.en


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