Collaborative argumentation and justifications: A statistical discourse analysis of online discussions

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 946-955

  Lu, Jingyan ^a   Chiu, Ming Ming ^b   Law, Nancy Waiying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Collaborative learning; Computer mediated communication; Discourse analysis; Justification

Indexed keywords

ARGUMENTATION; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; JUSTIFICATION;

COMMUNICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 79551489547     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.11.021     Document Type: Article

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