Implementation of Science Writing Heuristic Approach to Develop Chemistry Students’ Argumentation Skill

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200513.033How to use a DOI?

Keywords

inquiry strategy, student-centered, science writing heuristic, argumentation skill

Abstract

The important challenge in science education is improving students’ scientific literacy, including argumentation skill. Argumentation skill was crucial to address the problem related to scientific issues that occurs in every aspect of lives. The Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) approach has been used successfully created an environment that forces students to construct their knowledge through argumentation process. The purpose of this current study was to implement the SWH approach to develop chemistry students’ argumentation skill in general chemistry laboratory class. The research was carried out using a quasi-experimental design with treatment and control groups. The participants involved in were first-year general chemistry laboratory students. The students in the experiment class were required to construct argument using writing as tool for scientific investigation process. In contrast, another group student in the control class performed and wrote up their labs using traditional setting (teacher-directed approach). An open-ended test was used for evaluating the student’s argumentative skills. The assessment scores of the students of both classes were compared. The results show that students who received the laboratory instruction approach scored lower than those students in the experimental class on various aspect of argumentation, suggesting the SWH-based laboratory instruction is valuable in promoting students’ argumentation skill. It was observed in the experimental class that high-ability students performed better than low-ability students at generating complete arguments, indicating the success in learning argumentation skills was related also to student ability level instead of instruction of argumentation skills. This study suggests that choose the proper strategy in teaching process contribute in fostering students to develop the argumentation skills.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Heli Siti Halimatul Munawaroh
AU  - Galuh Yuliani
AU  - Siti Aisyah
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/05/15
TI  - Implementation of Science Writing Heuristic Approach to Develop Chemistry Students’ Argumentation Skill
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th Asian Education Symposium (AES 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 145
EP  - 149
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200513.033
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200513.033
ID  - Munawaroh2020
ER  -