Students’ Use of Open-Minded Attitude and Elaborate Talk in Group Discussion and Role-Playing Debate on Socioscientific Issues

Ulrika Bossér; Mats Gunnar Lindahl

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Ulrika Bossér ¹ ^* , Mats Gunnar Lindahl ²

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¹ Department of Pedagogy and Learning, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, SWEDEN² Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, SWEDEN^* Corresponding Author

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Student-active science teaching that includes interactions among students is suggested to support students’ reasoning skills. However, little is known about what are the beneficial modes of interaction to support learning. In the present study, we investigated how different types of classroom discussion on socioscientific issues can encourage students’ reasoning skills as expressed in argumentative essays. Qualities of students’ talk and reasoning skills were described in terms of attitudes, drawing on Dewey, and sociolinguistic codes, drawn from Bernstein. Qualitative data consisting of transcribed classroom discussions and student argumentative essays were analysed by means of statistical methods. The results describe how specific qualities in students’ talk influence qualities of students’ argumentative texts. The results indicate that teachers by promoting elaborate talk among students can stimulate more nuanced and elaborate student texts.

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elaborated code
group discussion
open-mindedness
role-playing debate
socioscientific issues
writing

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, 2020, Volume 16, Issue 12, Article No: em1910

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Bossér, U., & Lindahl, M. G. (2020). Students’ Use of Open-Minded Attitude and Elaborate Talk in Group Discussion and Role-Playing Debate on Socioscientific Issues. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 16(12), em1910. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9127

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Bossér U, Lindahl MG. Students’ Use of Open-Minded Attitude and Elaborate Talk in Group Discussion and Role-Playing Debate on Socioscientific Issues. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2020;16(12):em1910. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9127

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Bossér U, Lindahl MG. Students’ Use of Open-Minded Attitude and Elaborate Talk in Group Discussion and Role-Playing Debate on Socioscientific Issues. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2020;16(12), em1910. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9127

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Bossér, Ulrika, and Mats Gunnar Lindahl. "Students’ Use of Open-Minded Attitude and Elaborate Talk in Group Discussion and Role-Playing Debate on Socioscientific Issues". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2020 16 no. 12 (2020): em1910. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9127

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Bossér, U., and Lindahl, M. G. (2020). Students’ Use of Open-Minded Attitude and Elaborate Talk in Group Discussion and Role-Playing Debate on Socioscientific Issues. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 16(12), em1910. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9127

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Bossér, Ulrika et al. "Students’ Use of Open-Minded Attitude and Elaborate Talk in Group Discussion and Role-Playing Debate on Socioscientific Issues". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 16, no. 12, 2020, em1910. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9127