Students' Reasoning about Electricity: Combining Performance Assessments with Argumentation Analysis.

Kelly, Gregory J.; Druker, Stephen; Chen, Catherine

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ERIC Number: EJ572495

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Publication Date: 1998

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Students' Reasoning about Electricity: Combining Performance Assessments with Argumentation Analysis.

Kelly, Gregory J.; Druker, Stephen; Chen, Catherine

International Journal of Science Education, v20 n7 p849-71 Aug 1998

Presents a set of methodological procedures to analyze student arguments. Uses discourse analysis based on perspectives from the philosophy of science and sociolinguistics. Explores conditions leading to warranted arguments. Contains 60 references. (DDR)

Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories, Performance Tests, Persuasive Discourse, Philosophy, Physics, Sciences, Secondary Education, Sociolinguistics, Thinking Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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