An Examination of Children's Scientific Argumentation

This paper describes preliminary results of the analysis of a subset of data in which third grade children argue about how current travels through a simple circuit in a whole-class discussion. A model of four distinct patterns of argumentation among these eight-year-old children is proposed and desc...

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Main Authors: Harlow, Danielle B, Otero, Valerie K
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
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Summary:This paper describes preliminary results of the analysis of a subset of data in which third grade children argue about how current travels through a simple circuit in a whole-class discussion. A model of four distinct patterns of argumentation among these eight-year-old children is proposed and described in this discussion.
ISSN:0094-243X
DOI:10.1063/1.1807275