PHYSICS PROBLEM SOLVING

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CHAPTER 3 - PATTERNS WITHIN A GROUP
Argument Co-Construction 68
Question 1. Do these fourteen problem-solving groups engage in argument
co-construction as they complete a physics description? 69
Episodes and Interaction Analysis
Episode Delineation
Examples of Coded Discussions
Extension to The Remaining Groups
Summary

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Question 2. Are there self consistent argument co-construction patterns

within a group? 102

Episode Flowcharts

Prototype Flowcharts

Multiple Claims in an Episode

Does a Group Have a Self-Consistent Pattern of Argument

Construction?

Co-Construction of the Argument Revisted

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Summary 131

CHAPTER 4 - PATTERNS BETWEEN GROUPS

(^) Question 3. Are there similarities in the argument co-construction patterns
between the fourteen groups? 134
Question 3a. Do their argument constructions begin or end with a Claim? 134
Question 3b. What roles do Modified Clthe argument co-construction process of these groups? aims and Alternate Claims play in 136
Why do Some Groups Use Alternate Claims?
Creative Controversy
Why Do Some Groups Not Use Alternate Claims?

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