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MacPherson, Anna C. – Science Education, 2016
This study sought to investigate the arguments that ecologists engage in as part of their work and to compare their arguments with the way in which ecological arguments have been presented in school argumentation tasks. Ten ecologists, in subfields ranging from individual/behavioral ecology to global ecology, participated in semistructured…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Ecology, Scientists, Persuasive Discourse
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George, Carole; Bright, Alice; Hurlbert, Terry; Linke, Erika C.; St. Clair, Gloriana; Stein, Joan – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2006
Introduction: This study explored graduate students' information behaviour related to their process of inquiry and scholarly activities. Method: In depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with one hundred graduate students representing all disciplines and departments from Carnegie Mellon University. Analysis: Working in pairs, we coded…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Information Seeking, Inquiry, Scholarship