Research Article
Identifying Argumentation Skills Using Three Tier Test on Pre-service Physics and Biology Teachers
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.12-10-2019.2296428, author={E Suryani and Y Yusiran and O Hairullah and S Siswanto and N Nurfathurrahmah and Ariyansyah Ariyansyah}, title={Identifying Argumentation Skills Using Three Tier Test on Pre-service Physics and Biology Teachers}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 7th Mathematics, Science, and Computer Science Education International Seminar, MSCEIS 2019, 12 October 2019, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={MSCEIS}, year={2020}, month={7}, keywords={three-tier test argumentation skill pre-service teacher}, doi={10.4108/eai.12-10-2019.2296428} }- E Suryani
Y Yusiran
O Hairullah
S Siswanto
N Nurfathurrahmah
Ariyansyah Ariyansyah
Year: 2020
Identifying Argumentation Skills Using Three Tier Test on Pre-service Physics and Biology Teachers
MSCEIS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.12-10-2019.2296428
Abstract
Argumentation skills are pivotal aspects have to be mastered by college students. Therefore, it is crucial to identify argumentation skills for mapping learning activities. The study utilizes content analysis as a qualitative research method with fifty participants. They focus on being physics and biology teachers for the future. To analyze the argumentation skills of them, a three-tier test is developed. This test has a specific characteristic due to providing a certainty index or confidence rating of argument aspects proposed. Various types of students' arguments are coded in five codes: strong scientific argument, intermediate scientific argument, a weak argument, cannot propose an argument, and invalid argument. The result shows that weak argument is the dominant type in which the quality of this argument consists of claims and data with low certainty index. The implication of this present study is to generate a certain approach to teach argumentation skills in pre-service teachers.