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An Exploratory Study on Community College Students' Reasoning Processes and Argumentation

Lan, Deborah H.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1500044913992853

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2017, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, EDU Teaching and Learning.
The purpose of this study is to explore community college students’ reasoning patterns and argumentation within the context of natural selection. Written assessments and interviews were administered to 2-year college students. Participants were given the Lawson Classroom Test of Scientific Argumentation (LCTSR), a Test of Scientific Argumentation (TSA), and an Open Response Questionnaire (ORQ). The LCTSR and TSA were used to provide insight into student reasoning abilities and students’ understanding of the logical structure of arguments. Significant correlations were found between categories of the LCTSR and TSA, indicating that students’ reasoning and argumentation are connected. The ORQ was used to prove students’ understanding of concepts in natural selection and how they reason through data and coordinate prior knowledge and evidence to develop claims. The interviews were used to analyze how students justify their claims. Results from the ORQ show that students in this sample struggled with identifying, understanding, and using warrants. Additionally, when considering a counterargument and justifying claims, students always set grounds of an argument, rather than critically analyzing the structure or content of counterarguments.
Lin Ding (Advisor)
Karen Irving (Advisor)
George Newell (Committee Member)
155 p.
Education; Science Education
argumentation; reasoning; community college students

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  • Lan, D. H. (2017). An Exploratory Study on Community College Students' Reasoning Processes and Argumentation [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1500044913992853

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lan, Deborah. An Exploratory Study on Community College Students' Reasoning Processes and Argumentation. 2017. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1500044913992853.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lan, Deborah. "An Exploratory Study on Community College Students' Reasoning Processes and Argumentation." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1500044913992853

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