<p>Computer-supported collaborative argumentation (CSCA) is an effective pedagogy to help deepen the learners’ understanding of content knowledge and develop their 21st-century competencies such as communication and collaboration skills, as well as creative and inventive thinking. In this study, the Spiral Model of Collaborative Knowledge Improvement (SMCKI) was employed to script learners’ CSCA in a secondary school classroom in Singapore. This exploratory study examined whether students’ argumentation artifacts, English language writing, and argumentation writing improved through the scripted CSCA activity. The results showed that students improved in both English language writing and argumentation writing quality across the various phases of SMCKI. The implications of these findings for the design and implementation of scripted CSCA in authentic classroom teaching and learning settings are discussed.</p>

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The scripted computer-supported collaborative argumentation in a secondary school classroom: an exploratory study

  • Wenli Chen,
  • Zhongling Pi,
  • Jesmine Tan,
  • Xinghua Wang,
  • Aileen Siew Cheng Chai,
  • Qianru Lyu

摘要

Computer-supported collaborative argumentation (CSCA) is an effective pedagogy to help deepen the learners’ understanding of content knowledge and develop their 21st-century competencies such as communication and collaboration skills, as well as creative and inventive thinking. In this study, the Spiral Model of Collaborative Knowledge Improvement (SMCKI) was employed to script learners’ CSCA in a secondary school classroom in Singapore. This exploratory study examined whether students’ argumentation artifacts, English language writing, and argumentation writing improved through the scripted CSCA activity. The results showed that students improved in both English language writing and argumentation writing quality across the various phases of SMCKI. The implications of these findings for the design and implementation of scripted CSCA in authentic classroom teaching and learning settings are discussed.