A Study of the Development of Reasonable Thinking Attitude Using the Framework of Argumentation:

Through a Unit of Work and Energy

Abstract

In this study, we proposed an instructional method to develop “the reasonable thinking attitude” of critical thinking attitude through the framework of argumentation in high school science. In the method students took the following two learning activities in the unit: First, the students learned the framework of argumentation by using of “Argumentation cards”. Second, they applied the framework to analyze the argumentation of other students about expectation of experience． In order to investigate the effectiveness of the method, we conducted a class in which 75 students took a basic physics course at an affiliated senior high school. Based on their writings on questionnaires and worksheets for the class, we concluded that our method could improve their reasonable thinking attitude of the critical thinking attitude.