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    High-school Students' Informal Reasoning and Argumentation about Biotechnology: An indicator of scientific literacy?

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    Dawson, Vaille
    Venville, G.
    Date
    2009
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Dawson, V. and Venville, G. 2009. High-school Students' Informal Reasoning and Argumentation about Biotechnology: An indicator of scientific literacy?. International Journal of Science Education. 31 (11): pp. 1421-1445.
    Source Title
    International Journal of Science Education
    DOI
    10.1080/09500690801992870
    ISSN
    09500693
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5650
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    The aim of this research was to explore Australian high‐school students’ argumentation and informal reasoning about biotechnology. Data were obtained from semi‐structured interviews with 10 Year‐8 students (12–13 years old), 14 Year‐10 students (14–15 years old) and 6 Year‐12 students (16–17 years old) from six metropolitan high schools in Perth, Western Australia. The transcripts were analysed using both Toulmin’s argumentation pattern and informal reasoning patterns (rational, emotive, and intuitive) as frameworks. The notion of scientific literacy was used as the basis of the theoretical framework to examine the data. Most students used no data or only simple data to justify their claims. Students of all year groups used intuitive and emotive informal reasoning more frequently than rational. Rational informal reasoning was associated with more sophisticated arguments.

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