Effectiveness of Practical Science Activities Βased on Argumentation

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Published: Apr 19, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/codiste.9924
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arguments effectiveness of practical science activities science teaching
Michael Skoumios
University of the Aegean
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7234-9832
Abstract

This paper studies the effect of practical science activities based on argumentation about electric circuits on primary school students' oral discourse. The sample of the study consisted of four groups of pupils in the fifth grade of primary school. In two groups of students, practical activities based on argumentation were applied and in the other two groups practical activities of "traditional type" were applied. The research data came from the analysis of the students' oral discourse. It emerged that the practical activities based on argumentation are more effective compared to the "traditional type" activities in "transition" of students' oral discourse from the "domain of objects" to the "domain of ideas" and from "monolectic" responses to those that results in further discussion of an idea.


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