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This doctoral dissertation research investigated the process of argument co-construction in 14 cooperative problem-solving groups in an algebra-based, college level, introductory physics course at the University of Minnesota. The results of the research provide a rich description of argument co construction, which, while predicted in previous literature, has not been systematically described. The research was a qualitative, case-study analysis of each group's discussion of the "physics description" portion of the group's problem solution. In a physics description physics concepts and principles are use to qualitatively analyze the problem. Transcripts were made from videotapes and the analysis focused on sequential groups of statements, called episodes, instead of isolated, individual statements. The groups' episodes were analyzed and described in terms of Stephen Toulmin's argument structure which consists of claims, grounds, warrants, and backings.In 13 of these 14 cooperative problem-solving groups, students engaged in co-constructing an argument. The evidence for this is that the claim making shifted among group members, and the lower performance students often provided important components of the solution in the form of skeptical questioning or grounds, warrants, and backings. This means the physics description was a group product and not the work of the best individual in the group. This finding supports previous research.
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DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABSTRACT
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2 - PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 3 - PATTERNS WITHIN A GROUP
CHAPTER 4 - PATTERNS BETWEEN GROUPS
CHAPTER 5 - DISCUSSION OF RESULTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX A - GLOSSARY
APPENDIX B - THE SIX PROBLEM
APPENDIX C - DETERMINING A PROTOTYPE EPISODE
APPENDIX D - PROTOTYPE EPISODE FLOWCHARTS
Author Details
"MARK HOLLABAUGH"
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