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ERIC Number: EJ588591
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
Students' Argumentation in Decision-Making on a Socio-Scientific Issue: Implications for Teaching.
Patronis, Tasos; Potari, Despina; Spiliotopoulou, Vassiliki
International Journal of Science Education, v21 n7 p745-54 Aug 1999
Explores the arguments used by 14-year-old students in making decisions about the design of a road in their area. Describes the general perspective of such an approach and the process of argumentation, then analyzes the nature of the students' arguments which are discussed on the basis of a specifically-constructed network. Contains 20 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Persuasive Discourse, Problem Solving, Science and Society, Secondary Education, Thinking Skills, Traffic Circulation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Greece
Note: Special issue: The Public Understanding of Science: Implications for Education.