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The development of argument skills.

Deanna Kuhn1, Wadiya Udell

  • 1Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA. dk100@columbia.edu

Child Development
|October 14, 2003
PubMed
Summary

This study shows that collaborative activities improve argument skills in at-risk adolescents. Peer dialogue was more effective, enhancing both discourse strategies and argument quality.

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Area of Science:

  • Educational Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • Argumentation skills are crucial for academic success.
  • Developmental patterns in argumentation are not fully understood.
  • Interventions can potentially foster argument skill development in adolescents.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide experimental evidence for developmental patterns in argument skills.
  • To evaluate an intervention's effectiveness in improving argument skills.
  • To examine the impact of peer dialogue on argument development.

Main Methods:

  • Academically at-risk 13- to 14-year-olds participated in a 16-session collaborative, goal-based activity.
  • Two conditions were compared: one with peer dialogues and one without.
  • Argumentative discourse strategies and individual argument quality were assessed.

Main Results:

  • Both groups showed progress in argument skills, with the peer dialogue group showing greater improvement.
  • Participants increased their use of effective strategies like counterargument.
  • The quality of individual arguments improved, correlating with discourse skill development.

Conclusions:

  • Collaborative, goal-based activities can effectively foster argument skills in adolescents.
  • Peer dialogue enhances the effectiveness of interventions for argument skill development.
  • Argumentative discourse and individual argument quality are closely related and develop in tandem.

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