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Argument to Foster Scientific Literacy
Review of Educational Research, 2010The goal of scientific literacy has led to a steady increase in argument-based interventions in science education contexts. It has been suggested that student participation in argument develops communication skills, metacognitive awareness, critical thinking, an understanding of the culture and practice of science, and scientific literacy.
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Key Arguments Against Scientific Realism
2020In this chapter, I present in canonical (or standard) form and then evaluate key arguments against scientific realism (or for antirealism about science). The first argument is known as the “pessimistic induction” or the “pessimistic meta-induction.” In its original formulation, attributed to Larry Laudan (Philos Sci 48(1):19–49, 1981), the argument is ...
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Metalogue: Engaging Students in Scientific and Socio-scientific Argumentation
2011Evagorou: In this chapter, Shirley and Ruth raise several interesting issues related to (socio-scientific issues) SSI, argumentation, and decision-making. A major question in this study was the quality of students’ arguments, and if there is a link between the nature of the evidence (e.g., scientific, environmental, financial) and the quality of the ...
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Transformations in Scientific Arguments
2021Tamra Stambaugh, Eric Fecht, Kevin Finn
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Argumentation in scientific discourse
Abstract This pilot study investigated scientific argumentation from a pragma-dialectical methodological approach with the aim of characterizing possible prototypical argumentative patterns by reconstructing argumentation structures, and identifying and analyzing the standpoints ...openaire +2 more sources
Teachers' Epistemic Understanding of Scientific Arguments
Advanced Science and Technology Letters, 2016Why do teachers have difficulty guiding argumentation as a means to enhance epistemic understanding? While some literature exists examining students’ capability for and difficulty in utilizing argumentation as an epistemic practice, little is known about teachers’ understanding of argumentation as an epistemic practice.
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Methodological Arguments for Scientific Realism
1985Scientific realism can also be supported by arguments which are more indirect but at the same time somewhat more specific and detailed than those discussed in the previous chapter. Thus we can and will below present several methodological (and “inductive”) grounds for the need and usefulness of theoretical concepts.
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The Logic of Scientific Argument
1987Science and deductive logic are not equivalent. In this chapter the logical basis of science is presented. A general feature of all deductively valid arguments is that the conclusion contains no more information than that which is given in the premises. The conclusion simply restates the information in the premises.
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An Inconvenient Truth: the scientific argument
GeoJournal, 2007The movie An Inconvenient Truth is a powerful portrayal of global warming and its impacts. The main scientific argument presented in the movie is for the most part consistent with the weight of scientific evidence, but with some of the main points needing updating, correction, or qualification.
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