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International Journal of STEM Education

Table 1 Coding scheme and criteria for data analysis

From: The influences of group dialog on individual student understanding of science concepts

Code

Code abbreviation

Criteria

Explanation

Group-Negotiated Criteria

GNC

Student groups negotiate and develop a criterion for what counts as acceptable justification for a chemical phenomenon (e.g., the dissolution of ionic compounds)

Code for group constitution of meaning

Across Group-Negotiated Criteria

AGC

• Different autonomous groups develop and use similar criteria to explain the same chemical phenomenon

• Same criterion is used as justification for different chemical topics by the same or different groups

Code for a way of thinking becoming normative in class culture

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