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12531 Creator 9be67d9b4fcd937e9e741f27efa67710
12531 Creator fac04fe1f82c9db6f49f7623bd374a10
12531 Creator 1894747c6abbddb20a62d9fed0b917a6
12531 Date 2008-11-01
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12531 abstract Computer conferencing provides a new site for students to develop and rehearse argumentation skills, but much remains to be learnt about how to encourage and support students in this environment. Asynchronous text-based discussion differs in significant ways from face-to-face discussion, creating a need for specially designed schemes for analysis. This paper discusses some of the problems of analysing asynchronous argumentation, and puts forward an analytical framework based on exchange structure analysis, which brings a linguistic perspective to bear on the interaction. Key features of the framework are attention to both interactive and ideational aspects of the discussion, and the ability to track the dynamic construction of argument content. The paper outlines the framework itself, and discusses some of the findings afforded by this type of analysis, and its limitations.
12531 authorList authors
12531 issue 3
12531 status peerReviewed
12531 uri http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/205184
12531 uri http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/205185
12531 uri http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/205186
12531 uri http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/205187
12531 uri http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/205188
12531 uri http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/205189
12531 uri http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/205190
12531 volume 31
12531 type AcademicArticle
12531 type Article
12531 label North, Sarah ; Coffin, Caroline and Hewings, Ann (2008). Using exchange structure analysis to explore argument in text-based computer conferences. International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 31(3) 257 -276.
12531 label North, Sarah ; Coffin, Caroline and Hewings, Ann (2008). Using exchange structure analysis to explore argument in text-based computer conferences. International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 31(3) 257 -276.
12531 Title Using exchange structure analysis to explore argument in text-based computer conferences
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