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Bächtold, Manuel; Pallarès, Gwen; De Checchi, Kévin; Munier, Valérie – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023
This study aimed to investigate the evolution of students' written argumentation on socioscientific issues (SSIs) during a sequence combining two teaching strategies: debate practice on SSIs and reflective activities on the argumentation produced by students. The quality of their argumentation was assessed considering a set of norms characterizing…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Science and Society, Debate, Late Adolescents
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Gergana Todorova; John E. Barbuto Jr. – Journal of Management Education, 2024
Conflict expression describes the way people convey opposition across six types (debate, argue, tease, dismiss, complain, and disguise). The concept has garnered increased attention among management scholars, but experiential exercises to guide instruction are needed. This paper presents an engaging activity that encourages participants to…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Instruction, Conflict, Conflict Resolution
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Hinck, Edward A. – Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 2022
The COVID-19 "pivot" created challenges for instructors in adapting their teaching strategies to the various forms of technology available for virtual delivery. One positive outcome discovered for teaching an introduction to debate class was the use of Blackboard's discussion board feature to assess student learning regarding…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Debate, Introductory Courses
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Ijaz, Nadine; Sergeant, Anjali – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2022
This study evaluates an innovative three-sided approach to classroom debate aimed at fostering critical thinking beyond adversarial argumentation. In an undergraduate Food Justice course, two teams presented arguments "for" and "against" pre-defined resolutions, while a third team explored areas of convergence and divergence at…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Critical Thinking, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes
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Ahmad Fauzi Hendratmoko; Madlazim Madlazim; Wahono Widodo; Suyono Suyono; Zainful Arifin Imam Supardi – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2024
Scientific argumentation skills are a key component of science learning practices needed by students in the 21st century. Where the essence of scientific argumentation is to support the argument with evidence and reasoning and then refute the claims and evidence of the opponent's argument. Supporting arguments with evidence and reasoning can be…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Skill Development, Persuasive Discourse, Evidence
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Yu-Ren Lin; Tzu-Ting Wei – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
This study examined the effects of students' argumentation standpoints on their argumentation learning in the context of socio-scientific issues (SSIs). To that end, four kinds of argumentation standpoints were defined: affirmative standpoints, oppositional standpoints, multiple standpoints, and non-standpoints. These four kinds of standpoints…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Persuasive Discourse, Learning Processes, Social Problems
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Meral, Elif; Namli, Zeynep Basci; Kayaalp, Fatih – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2021
The study aimed to examine the effect of argumentation-based teaching approach on developing prospective teachers' argument skills, and on their willingness to debate. The study employed the one-group pre-test-post-test experimental research design based on quantitative data. The participants consisted of a total of 192 3rd grade prospective…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Debate, Teaching Methods, Moral Issues
Manninen, Bertha Alvarez; Mulder, Jack, Jr. – Liberal Education, 2019
The authors, Bertha Alvarez Manninen, a pro-choice associate professor of philosophy at Arizona State University, and Jack Mulder Jr., a pro-life professor of philosophy at Hope College in Michigan have argued with each other since graduate school about abortion and other issues, while respecting each other's stances and friendship. In the current…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Persuasive Discourse, Debate, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
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Bouali, Amina – Arab World English Journal, 2021
On the 21st century scent of educational development, 'dialogism' hogs the limelight of leading academics, mapping ergo a stiff stronghold for active learning pedagogies. Regarding the field of literature more sensibly considered in English as Foreign Language (EFL) context, the plea for embracing interactive talks reverberates discernably in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Ellis, David L.; Vincent, Mark A. – History Teacher, 2020
The moment many students begin to get excited about history is when they realize that much historical knowledge is contested, enmeshed in a productive argument that never ends and therefore endlessly fascinates. Such an epiphany might occur at any time. But a frequent catalyst is classroom debate, a formalized contest that dramatizes and vitalizes…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, Debate
Sarah Eales – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study examines the opportunities presented to high school chemistry students through argument driven inquiry (ADI) and how these opportunities led to changes in student understanding. Lesson plans and videos were analyzed to determine how much time students spent arguing from evidence including constructing and argument board, discussing with…
Descriptors: High School Students, High School Teachers, Chemistry, Persuasive Discourse
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Peabody, Seth – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2021
This article describes strategies that the author employed to make a general education course titled "Fairy Tales and Folklore" more diverse and inclusive. Students read primary texts and secondary articles as part of ongoing debates, then form their own arguments within the debate, thus coming to understand how fairy tales are embedded…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Fairy Tales, Inclusion, Persuasive Discourse
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Shi, Yuchen – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
Evidence is widely recognized as an essential component of argumentation. Existing research has primarily focused on students' use of evidence to construct explanations or claims. In the present study, 54 11- to 12-year-old Chinese students participated in an extended discourse-based argumentation curriculum, along with an equivalent…
Descriptors: Evidence, Persuasive Discourse, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
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Shargel, Rebecca – Journal of Jewish Education, 2019
This article presents original qualitative research applying paired text study, "havruta" learning, to the secular college classroom. I adapted this method to a first-year seminar in a public university and found that students perceived that "havruta" improved their abilities to verbalize their understandings through reading…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, Educational Experience, Persuasive Discourse, State Universities
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Lan, Wang; Lam, Ricky – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2020
Research on EFL teachers' beliefs and practices is significant for teaching effectiveness. This paper investigated and compared the convergences and discrepancies between an EFL teacher's stated beliefs and observed classroom practices related to teaching an L2 speaking-oriented Topical Debates course. In mainland China, Topical Debates is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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