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The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of the Science Knowledge (FB) teachers candidates on the argumentation and the skills to argue. The study included a total of 32 teachers candidates who studied at the University of Muş Alparslan, the Faculty of Education FB Teaching. In this study, an open-end survey consisting of 6 questions was used to determine the opinions of FB teacher candidates on the argumentation, while semi-configured interviews were conducted based on the effectiveness of the theories competing to determine the arguments. The data obtained from open-end surveys and semi-built interviews were analyzed by content analysis method. In the analysis of the data obtained on the arguments of the teaching candidates, the Toulmin's Arguments Model was analyzed by the scale developed by Erduran, Simon and Osborne (2004) and consisting of five arguments levels. The findings showed that teaching candidates generally have middle-level opinions but have low levels of argumentation.

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