La argumentación en la clase de ciencias mediante un ambiente virtual de aprendizaje

Abstract

Promotion of the Argumentative Processes in the Science Class by using a Virtual Learning Environment. In this research, the design of a virtual learning environment is proposed in order to promote the development of argumentative processes in science class. The purpose of the teachers is to increase the students' reasoning capacity, so that they strengthen the faculty of relating a statement or explanation with the data obtained as a result of the tests or experiments carried out, and build arguments to support or refute the statement. This is known as argumentative ability, necessary in the production of knowledge since it allows the development of critical thinking in students, in a way that contributes to scientific learning, the development of basic competences and the fulfillment of the objectives proposed in education (Jiménez, 2010). In Colombia, this cognitive process takes on certain relevance from the establishment of Basic Standards in Natural Sciences Competencies (EBCCN), and the concern about this topic increases from the results of the country's first participation in the international test PISA of the year 2006. Taking into account this scenario and the relevant importance that Information and Communication Technologies have acquired in the development of skills and competences related to science, the educational proposal of this project is based on a virtual component, whose methodological strategy uses a stimulating dialectical space to encourage discussion in students through reflection and analysis. Toulmin's argumentative model is used to evaluate the inquiry