Initial structuring of online discussions to improve learning and argumentation: Incorporating students' own explanations as seed comments versus an augmented-preset approach to seeding discussions

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-333

  Clark, Douglas B ^a   D'Angelo, Cynthia M ^b   Menekse, Muhsin ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Conflict schema; Online learning environments; Science inquiry

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449101556     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-009-9159-1     Document Type: Article

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