{"id":197,"date":"2005-12-30T16:26:46","date_gmt":"2005-12-30T08:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/?p=197"},"modified":"2008-01-17T20:34:22","modified_gmt":"2008-01-17T12:34:22","slug":"arguing-to-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/learning\/arguing-to-learn-197","title":{"rendered":"Arguing to Learn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\"Confronting Cognitions in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Environments\"<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:smaller;\">Volume 1, Andriessen, J., Baker, M., and Suthers, D. (Ed) Kluwer Academic Publishers, &copy;2003.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"imgRt\"><img src='\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2012\/04\/argue.jpg' alt='arguing to learn' \/><\/div>\n<h2>Summary Review<\/h2>\n<p>We do not learn much by just listening to a teacher. We learn more by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Solving relevant, challenging and interesting problems<\/li>\n<li>By teaching others<\/li>\n<li>By having to defend a point of view<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The book <i>Arguing to Learn<\/i> describes several experiments that used computer-based discussion environments to promote learning by argument. <\/p>\n<p>The authors demonstrate how literacy levels improve when students are required to discuss controversial topics on-line. Nothing new there, but many of the experiments required students to argue a view that they did not personally hold, a situation that often occurs in a formal debate. The students found value in seeing things from other points of view. There was also value in having a well-structured learning environment, rather than a free-for-all chat session.<\/p>\n<p>In Jermann and Dillenbourg's paper, students were required to complete a set of questions in pairs. They were required to agree on an answer and to state reasons why. There was a noticeable improvement in the quality of their answers because of the ensuing argument\/discussion.<\/p>\n<p>Some thoughts on this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We don't use argument enough in classrooms because we are so busy trying to cover the curriculum<\/li>\n<li>We are afraid of confrontation in the classroom and tend to minimise disagreements (a lost opportunity)<\/li>\n<li>How would argument-based learning work in an Asian context, where the important cultural elements are harmony and group concensus? <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learning by argument has a lot of potential and is something that is not utilised enough in e-learning. Food for thought...<\/p>\n<p class=\"alt\">See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/learning\/arguing-to-learn-197#comments\" id=\"comms\">1 Comment<\/a> below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\"Confronting Cognitions in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Environments\" Volume 1, Andriessen, J., Baker, M., and Suthers, D. (Ed) Kluwer Academic Publishers, &copy;2003. Summary Review We do not learn much by just listening to a teacher. We learn more by: Solving relevant, challenging and interesting problems By teaching others By having to defend a point of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[124],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}