The Argument-Driven Inquiry (ADI) instructional model with eight interrelated steps

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Evidence · 5 claims (5 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q3 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 5 claims rest on one study

Description

ADI is an inquiry-based instructional model that gives "a more central place to argumentation and the role of argument in the social construction of scientific knowledge while promoting inquiry." It comprises eight interrelated steps, from identification of the task and research question through developing a method, generating a tentative argument with claim, evidence and justification, an argumentation session, reflective discussion, writing an investigation report, double-blind group peer review, and report revision. In this study five ADI laboratory investigations (density, germination, light, power of lamp, shade) were run over ten weeks with groups of three or four students.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Students work in groups to design their own method, generate arguments including claim, evidence and justification, and complete individual written reports that are peer reviewed and revised.

Constraints

• The study's teacher was experienced and taught during four months about the ADI instructional method before treatment.

Target Learners

• Eighth-grade students in public elementary school science classes

Learning Goals

• Scientific literacy
• Scientific inquiry practices
• Argumentation and scientific writing

Claims

• Adi Higher Sla D Posttest Than Structured Inquiry [+M]
• Adi Personal Epistemology Gain Only Subscale [+M]
• The ADI group showed significant within-group gains on demonstrated scientific literacy from pre- to post-test, while the structured-inquiry group did not [+W]
• ADI students' item-level gains concentrated on items about determining variables for a research question and on scientific inquiry questions [+W]
• Interviewed ADI students reported engaging in scientific practices such as identifying variables, finding patterns in data, and developing methods, while no comparison-group students did [+W]

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Key Sources

• Gülüzar Eymur · Pınar Seda Çetin (2024). Investigating the role of an inquiry-based science lab on students' scientific literacy. Instructional Science (2024) 52:743–760. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-024-09672-w

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title	The Argument-Driven Inquiry (ADI) instructional model with eight interrelated steps
description	ADI is an inquiry-based instructional model that gives "a more central place to argumentation and the role of argument in the social construction of scientific knowledge while promoting inquiry." It comprises eight in...
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