Arguing to Learn

With the new approaches, students purpose on research, investigate, examine the daily life which associates with science lessons and having the ability to use science method to handle when confronted with problems in daily life as an individual.

   In order to achieve this objective, how students give shape to techniques in educational areas is worth to be considered. Experiments that are thought to make important parts of science and ways to get the knowledge are stable in forming a model, testing and how to make connection between measurements. An argument is greatly vital to the establishment of these connections and form of scince knowledge.

   With the foundation of argumantative approach, students investigate the knowledge that was once formed, they look for approaches of their friends, to defend their models in accord with scientist’s ideas, back up, reason and evidence are used.

   I want to share a question with you that I came across before. Teachers ask questions to students and by supporting, they want students to explain it. One student stands up and say” Teacher, the answer of question is like this” after then teacher wants the student to sit down without letting him finish his speaking. Because student’s speaking only bases on assumption and not the supportable ground.

   Question: What can be done to stimulate students to learning of argumentative basis?