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EVERYBODY WINS

QUESTION
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN AN ARGUMENT WHERE BOTH SIDES WIN?
IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE?
DISCUSS IN GROUPS

CONVENTIONAL ARGUMENT
ONE PERSON DEBATES THEIR POINT OF VIEW TO WIN OVER THE OTHER
PERCEIVED AS CONFRONTATIONAL IN NATURE
GENERALLY NO COMMON GROUND
NO WIN-WIN
RESULTS IN WINNER AND LOSER

COURT CASES

POLITICAL DEBATES

FACTS AND EVIDENCE CAN BE TWISTED TO WIN

SCIENTIFIC ARGUMENTATION
CRITICAL THINKING SKILL
PROPOSE, SUPPORT, CRITIQUE, REFINE, JUSTIFY, DEFEND A POSITION
CLAIMS BASED ON EVIDENCE AND OBSERVED SCIENCE PHENOMENON
CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL DISCOURSE

SEARCH FOR TRUTH

PARTS OF A SCIENTIFIC ARGUMENT

THE QUESTION
THE CLAIM
THE EVIDENCE
THE EXPLANATION
THE REBUTTAL

THE QUESTION

GUIDES THE DIRECTION OF THE RESEARCH OR INQUIRY

THE CLAIM

THE POSITION BASED ON RESEARCH OR OBSERVATION

THE EVIDENCE
DATA OR INFORMATION THAT DIRECTLY
CONTRIBUTES TO THE CLAIM

DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL DATA

THE EXPLANATION
SUMMARIZES THE CLAIM AND PROVIDES AN INTERPRETATION
PROVIDES SCIENTIFIC REASONING ABOUT THE CLAIM AND THE EVIDENCE ARE LINKED

THE REBUTTAL
FOLLOWS THE PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE AND REASONING
COUNTER CLAIMS ARE PRESENTED TO EXPLAIN THE EVIDENCE
QUESTIONS ARE RAISED ABOUT THE REASONING USED TO SUPPORT THE CLAIMS AND THE VALIDITY OF
THE EVIDENCE

THE REBUTTAL
EFFECTIVE REBUTTAL REQUIRES YOU TO CAREFULLY LISTEN TO, AND CONSIDER ALL ARGUMENTS
PRESENTED.

THE POINT TO THE EXERCISE IS TO DETERMINE THE BEST POSSIBLE

EXPLANATION BASED ON ALL EVIDENCE.