2019 Volume 60 Issue 2 Pages 251-266
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between mutual evaluation activities and the transformation of the logical representation of a description in an argument. In order to nurture certain qualities and abilities, we incorporated learning activities into lower secondary school science classes in which students used mutual evaluation sheets and analyzed the argument about describing from experimental results. The purpose of the learning activities using mutual evaluation sheets is for students to evaluate their responses, and those of other students, using evaluation standards. They then reviewed their responses and the results of the evaluation, developing their expressive ability and reflecting through proactive learning. The results of the analysis showed that students’ logical representations of the description for consideration appeared to improve in the classes incorporating mutual evaluation activities. However, it became clear that there was a problem regarding describing and evaluation of the supports which are one of the most important constituent elements of theany argument.
