Articles about argumentation

• Jonathan Osborne’s article in Science
• Vic Sampson’s article in The Science Teacher

New book about argumentation

• Arguing From Evidence in Middle School Science: 24 Activities for Productive Talk and Deeper Learning

Videos of argumentation

• AstraZeneca: Teaching argumentation in the science classroom
• TERC: Pushing for Reasoning

Strategies to support argumentation

• 4 Corners
• Poll Everywhere
• Listening triads
• Argument line/human bar graph
  (Note: we recommend avoiding the term “opinion” and instead asking students for their claims, reasoning and evidence)

Establishing norms

• TERC: How is a culture of talk established?

Curriculum materials

• Vic Sampson’s Books on Argumentation in Biology and Chemistry
• Ideas, Evidence and Argument in Science (IDEAS)
• AstraZeneca: Teaching argumentation in the science classroom