Multiple languages and mathematics in the process of argumentation in a physics class: Analysis of data from an Inquiry Laboratory

Authors

  • Alex Bellucco do Carmo Faculdade de Educação - USP Av. da Universidade, 308 CEP 05508-040 São Paulo-SP Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina - Centro de Ciências Tecnológicas (CCT) Rua Paulo Malschitzki, s/numero Campus Universitário Prof. Avelino Marcante Bairro Zona Industrial Norte - Joinville-SC - Brasil
  • Anna Maria Pessoa de Carvalho Faculdade de Educação - USP Av. da Universidade, 308 CEP 05508-040 São Paulo-SP

Keywords:

argumentation, inquiry laboratory, mathematics.

Abstract

We analyzed within the framework of Stephen Toulmin (2006), the process of argument started by a teacher, to build the mathematical language as a way of interpreting data from an inquiry lab about heating water. The activity was part of a inquiry teaching class that was applied in the first year of high school, at a public school in the State of São Paulo. The cooperative use of several languages was important to strengthen the various elements of the argument, while the mathematical languages such as graphical and algebraic had the role of guarantees and refuted the conclusions, giving strength to the latter.

Published

2016-07-13

How to Cite

do Carmo, A. B., & de Carvalho, A. M. P. (2016). Multiple languages and mathematics in the process of argumentation in a physics class: Analysis of data from an Inquiry Laboratory. Investigations in Science Education, 17(1), 209–226. Retrieved from https://ienci.if.ufrgs.br/index.php/ienci/article/view/213

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