SMT: A Cross-cultural Study of Developing Students’ Scientific Argumentation Skills in a Computer-assisted Project-based Learning Environment

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Short Description

The purposes of this mixed-methods study are to develop a graph-based computer-assisted project-based learning environment and to study the impact of the learning environment on the development of middle school students’ scientific argumentation skills and science knowledge in the U.S and Taiwan. The quantitative analysis of post essays for science knowledge and argumentation skills will be conducted. The qualitative analysis of verbal collaborative argumentation process supported by a graph-oriented computer-assisted application will be conducted for cultural differences in two countries.

Authors

• Pi-Sui Hsu, Northern Illinois University

• Margot Van Dyke, O’Neill Middle School

• XIAOSHU ZHOU, 6157381855

• Silvia Rehulina Ginting, Northern Illinois University

• Thomas J. Smith, Northern Illinois University