Arguing on the Computer: A Microgenetic Study of Developing Argument Skills in a Computer-Supported Environment

Deanna Kuhn; Wendy Goh; Kalypso Iordanou; David Shaenfield

Child Development Vol. 79, No. 5 (2008) pp. 1310–1328

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. ...