High-school Students' Informal Reasoning and Argumentation about Biotechnology: An indicator of scientific literacy?

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High-school Students' Informal Reasoning and Argumentation about Biotechnology: An indicator of scientific literacy?

The aim of this research was to explore Australian high‐school students’ argumentation and informal reasoning about biotechnology. Data were obtained from semi‐structured interviews with 10 Year‐8 students (12–13 years old), 14 Year‐10 students (14–15 years old) and 6 Year‐12 students (16–17 years o...

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Main Authors:	Dawson, Vaille, Venville, G.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Routledge 2009
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5650

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