ERIC Number: EJ724213
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Jan
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-1315
A Framework to Analyze Argumentative Knowledge Construction in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
Weinberger, Armin; Fischer, Fischer
Computers and Education, v46 n1 p71-95 Jan 2006
Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) is often based on written argumentative discourse of learners, who discuss their perspectives on a problem with the goal to acquire knowledge. Lately, CSCL research focuses on the facilitation of specific processes of argumentative knowledge construction, e.g., with computer-supported collaboration scripts. In order to refine process-oriented instructional support, such as scripts, we need to measure the influence of scripts on specific processes of argumentative knowledge construction. In this article, we propose a multi-dimensional approach to analyze argumentative knowledge construction in CSCL from sampling and segmentation of the discourse corpora to the analysis of four process dimensions (participation, epistemic, argumentative, social mode).
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Research, Persuasive Discourse, Cooperative Learning, Knowledge Level, Cognitive Processes, Participation, Epistemology, Social Influences
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