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Dawson, Vaille Maree; Venville, Grady – Research in Science Education, 2010
An outcome of science education is that young people have the understandings and skills to participate in public debate and make informed decisions about science issues that influence their lives. Toulmin's argumentation skills are emerging as an effective strategy to enhance the quality of evidence based decision making in science classrooms. In…
Descriptors: Genetics, Science Teachers, Classroom Communication, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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Lyons, Terry – Research in Science Education, 2006
This paper reports and discusses the principal findings of an Australian study exploring the decisions of high achieving Year 10 students about taking physics and chemistry courses (Lyons, 2003). The study used a "multiple worlds" framework to explore the diverse background characteristics that previous quantitative research had shown…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Physics, Chemistry, Science Education