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Constaninos P. Constantinou
Researcher at University of Cyprus
Publications - 11
Citations - 401
Constaninos P. Constantinou is an academic researcher from University of Cyprus. The author has contributed to research in topics: Nature of Science & Learning environment. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 11 publications receiving 353 citations.
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An Investigation of the Potential of Interactive Simulations for Developing System Thinking Skills in Elementary School: A case study with fifth‐graders and sixth‐graders
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the impact of a simulation-based learning environment on elementary school students' (11-12 years old) development of system thinking skills using two written tests.
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Supporting Use of Evidence in Argumentation through Practice in Argumentation and Reflection in the Context of SOCRATES Learning Environment
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined how students used evidence in argumentation while they engaged in argumentive and reflective activities in the context of a designed learning environment and found significant gains in evidence use and in metalevel communication about evidence after students engaged in reflective activi- ties.
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Developing pre-service teachers' evidence-based argumentation skills on socio-scientific issues
TL;DR: In this paper, meta-level awareness regarding the use of evidence in discourse was heightened by having same-side peers collaborating in arguing on the computer against successive pairs of peers on the opposing side of an issue on the topic of climate change.
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Sixth Graders’ Co-construction of Explanations of a Disturbance in an Ecosystem: Exploring relationships between grouping, reflective scaffolding, and evidence-based explanations
TL;DR: This article investigated the relationship between cognitive ability grouping, reflective inquiry scaffolding, and students' collaborative explanations of an ecosystem disturbance which took place when a number of flamingo birds died in a salt lake because of nearby intensive human activities.