PHYSICS PROBLEM SOLVING
(^) “construct” their argument out of prior knowledge and ideas that surface in the course of the discussion. Co-construction me ...
(^) claim. In this dissertation I will use the term grounds as opposed to data. In physics, “data” often implies a quantitative ...
(^) these prior studies lacked was a systematic, detailed analysis. What is not known is how to undertake such an analysis. Summ ...
(^) PURPOSE AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS The purpose of this study is to undertake a systematic, fine-grained examination of the argum ...
(^) The research proceeded as follows: First, the 14 groups were videotaped while solving problems and the tapes were transcribe ...
(^) A new episode is determined by a shift in what the speakers are talking about, which may be a new aspect, or part of a topic ...
(^) is, by its very nature, research into applied social psychology. In this area of research, rich, qualitative descriptions of ...
(^) descriptions and records include videotapes of groups solving the problems (and the subsequent transcriptions), copies of th ...
(^) other possible structures. It would, for example, be possible to return to the 2500 year- old method of Aristotle and examin ...
(^) The Uses of Argument, Brockriede and Ehninger (1960) introduced Toulmin to the field of speech and rhetoric. “Toulmin’s anal ...
(^) more amenable to analyzing spoken arguments (Rieke and Sillars, 1975). The videotapes of these 14 problem-solving groups are ...
(^) for representing the natural world and its makeup, functions and origins” (Toulmin, Rieke, and Janik, 1984, p. 315, emphasis ...
(^) statements relating to group functioning or the Problem-Solving Strategy as procedural, but the strategy contains elements o ...
(^) claim. But, verbal arguments often begin with the claim. It will be seen that the groups also use statements that are clearl ...
(^) one data set (the videotapes of the 14 groups) and one data analysis method (the coded transcripts and flowcharts). I will, ...
(^) A case-study approach allows for limited replication. This is the issue of reliability. For this research to be reliable, it ...
(^) The very nature of a qualitative case-study approach makes this research exploratory and speculative, as opposed to definiti ...
(^) cooperative problem-solving groups. The ultimate value of this research is to extend the theoretical basis for understanding ...
(^) CHAPTER 2 PROCEDURES Chapter Overview In this chapter I will discuss the procedures used in this research. Because the resea ...
(^) and second, aware of how these might prejudice or skew the outcomes of the study. Throughout this dissertation, I will attem ...
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