The effect of modeling activities on grade 5 students' informal reasoning about a real-life issue
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Demir, A., Namdar, B. (2021). The Effect of Modeling Activities on Grade 5 Students’ Informal Reasoning About a Real-Life Issue. Research in Science Education, 51, 429-442. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-019-09896-8Özet
This research investigated the effect of modeling activities on grade 5 students' informal reasoning about a real-life issue. An instrumental case study was conducted with 17 students (7 female and 10 male) at a public middle school in Turkey. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and student worksheets. the students' informal reasoning patterns were analyzed using the informal reasoning pattern rubric; informal reasoning qualities were analyzed using the argumentation quality rubric. Furthermore, a content analysis was conducted to distill the relationship between informal reasoning and the students' models. Findings indicated that the students did not use emotive reasoning patterns in the post-interview, failed to create high-quality informal reasoning, and referred to the modeling activities in different components of their reasoning.