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Belland, Brian R.; Glazewski, Krista D.; Richardson, Jennifer C. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2011
Students engaged in problem-based learning (PBL) units solve ill-structured problems in small groups, and then present arguments in support of their solution. However, middle school students often struggle developing evidence-based arguments (Krajcik et al., "J Learn Sci" 7:313-350, 1998). Using a mixed method design, the researchers examined the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Middle School Students, Persuasive Discourse, Problem Based Learning