Enhancing seventh-grade students' academic achievement through epistemologically enriched argumentation instruction

• Published in: International journal of science education Vol. 43; no. 10; pp. 1600 - 1617
• Main Authors: Kizkapan, Oktay, Bektas, Oktay
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 03.07.2021
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; Comparative Analysis; constructivism; Constructivism (Learning); Epistemologically enriched argumentation; Epistemology; Factor Analysis; Foreign Countries; Grade 7; Lesson Plans; Persuasive Discourse; Public Schools; Science Curriculum; Science Instruction; Science Tests; Student Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Turkey

This study has two aims. The first is to determine the effect of argumentation and epistemologically enriched argumentation on academic achievement. The second is to determine students' opinions about the effect of the integration of argumentation and epistemologically enriched argumentation in...