Using cultural-historical activity theory to promote argumentation in primary science education
In science education, argumentation is considered to be a core skill that can empower young people to develop, amongst others, their communicative and reasoning skills, their critical thinking and their metacognitive skills. Many researchers suggest that argumentation is a skill that can be develope...
Main Author: | Lazarou, Demetris |
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University of Bristol
2012
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.601137 |
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