The Scientific Argumentation Profile of Earthquake Mitigation of Non-Science Undergraduate Student in Universitas Negeri Surabaya

Abstract

Arguments are one of the important purposes in the modern era of learning because it is the basic step to promote student's critical thinking process and science literature. This research aims to describe and analyse scientific argumentation profile of earthquake of non-science undergraduate student in Universitas Negeri Surabaya. This research uses a qualitative descriptive with the subject of research is 37 first-year non-science students from Universitas Negeri Surabaya. The subject asked to choose the right answer and write their reasons or arguments that support their answer. The results showed that the subject's ability in providing scientific argument is at the level of providing claims with the support of well warrant.