Undergraduate chemistry students' scientific writing: analysis of laboratory reports

Química Nova

Oliveira, Jane Raquel Silva de¹  Queiroz, Salete Linhares¹  Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, Brasil¹  Batista, Alzir Azevedo¹  Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brasil¹ 

关键词: chemistry;    laboratory reports;    argumentation.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-40422010000900029

学科分类：化学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Quimica

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this study was to analyze written arguments found within laboratory reports by undergraduate students in a practical inorganic chemistry course. The quality of students' argumentation was analyzed based on the argumentation model developed by Kelly and Takao. Students presented scientific arguments grounded in data and building toward theoretical assertions. This indicates that students have some understanding of the rhetorical power of data in their explanations. The findings of this study also support the idea that Kelly and Takao's model is effective in other disciplines and in other rhetorical tasks distinct from those originally analyzed by them in their domain of oceanography.

【 授权许可】

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