Capturing deliberative argument: An analytic coding scheme for studying argumentative dialogue and its benefits for learning
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Successful performance in an argumentative synthesis task requires exploring both sides of the topic to reconcile positions and reach an integrative well-founded conclusion, as in effective deliberative dialogue.
“Successful performance in an argumentative synthesis task implies, as in an effective deliberative dialogue (Felton et al., 2019), exploring both sides of the topic, in order to reconcile the positions, and reaching an integrative well-founded conclusion.”
From Teaching argumentative synthesis writing through deliberative dialogues: instructional practices in secondary education (2021) · cites this paper as Felton et al., 2019
There is evidence of better argumentative reasoning quality when students collaborate towards a common solution rather than try to convince others.
“There is evidence of a better quality of argumentative reasoning when students are asked to collaborate towards a common solution, rather than to convince others that their idea is better (Felton et al., 2019).”
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- Authors
- Felton, M., Crowell, A., Garcia-Mila, M., & Villarroel, C.
- Affiliations
- San Jose State University (US)
- Hunter College (US)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Felton, Mark
- Venue
- Learning, Culture and Social Interaction
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022-10
- Volume
- 36
- Pages
- 100350
- ISSN
- 2210-6561 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2981696515
- Cited by
- 46
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 6.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Learning Culture and Social Interaction (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- European Social Fund (EDU/3600/2006)
- Universitat de Barcelona (APIF2013)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
- Social Sciences › Education › Science Education and Pedagogy
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Keywords
- argumentative dialogue, coding scheme, argumentative discourse, consensus seeking, persuasive arguments, argumentation in education, collaborative argumentation, learning outcomes, reasoning
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