Myint Swe Khine 
Perspectives on Scientific Argumentation [PDF ebook] 
Theory, Practice and Research

Foreword, Deanna Kuhn.- PART I: Theoretical Premises of the Study of Argumentation.- Chapter 1 Introduction, Jonathan Osborne, Anna Mac Pherson, Alexis Patterson, Evan Szu.- Chapter 2 The Two Faces of Scientific Argumentation: Applications to Global Climate Change, E. Michael Nussbaum, Gale M. Sinatra, Marissa C. Owens.- Chapter 3 The Importance of Embedding Argument within Science Classrooms, Andy Cavagnetto, Brian Hand.- Chapter 4 Scientific Reasoning and Argumentation from a Bayesian Perspective, Evan Szu, Jonathan Osborne.- Chapter 5 Students’ Framings and Their Participation in Scientific Argumentation, Leema Kuhn Berland, David Hammer.- PART II: Practice Perspectives in Argumentation, Chapter 6 The Design and Enactment of Argumentation Activities, Shirley Simon, Katherine Richardson, Ruth Amos.- Chapter 7 Argumentation and Reasoning in Life and in School: Implications for the Design of School Science Learning Environments, Leah Bricker, Philip Bell.- Chapter 8 Argumentation and Evaluation Intervention in Science Classes: Teaching and Learning with Toulmin, Janis A. Bulgren, James D. Ellis.- PART III: Researching Argumentation in Science Education.- Chapter 9 Research on Critique and Argumentation from the Technology Enhanced Learning in Science Center, Douglas Clark, Jennifer Chiu, Hsin-Yi Chang, Victor Sampson, Beat Schwendimann, Erika Tate, Helen Zhang.- Chapter 10 Evaluating Arguments about Climate Change, Adam Corner.- Chapter 11 The Effects of University Students’ Argumentation on Socio-scientific Issues via On-line Discussion in Their Informal Reasoning Regarding this Issue, Ying-Tien Wu, Jhong Li, Taiwan, Chin-Chung Tsai.- Chapter 12 The Development and Validation of the Assessment of Scientific Argumentation in the Classroom (ASAC) Observation Protocol: A Tool for Evaluating How Students Participate in Scientific Argumentation, Victor Sampson, Patrick J. Enderle, Joi P. Walker.- Chapter 13 Beyond Argumentation: The Rich Complexity of Discoursein Science Classroom, Scott Mc Donald, Gregory Kelly.- Chapter 14 Development of Augmentative Knowledge in Science Education, Myint Swe Khine.