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Direct linkKuhn, Deanna; Goh, Wendy; Iordanou, Kalypso; Shaenfield, David – Child Development, 2008
We report a study of a class of 28 sixth graders engaged in an extended computer-supported argumentive discourse activity. Participants collaborated with a same-side peer in arguing against successive pairs of peers on the opposing side of an issue. Meta-level awareness was facilitated by conducting the dialogs via instant messaging software,…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Dialogs (Language), Grade 6, Social Support Groups
Peer reviewedPellegrini, A. D.; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Tests Halliday's model of context/text relationships and how these relationships vary for 71 children in first, second, and third grades. Children produced oral and written messages about a circus in narrative and persuasive genres. Texts were analyzed for elements of linguistic cohesion and length of clausal themes. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Children, Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition
