Over the last decade, researchers have developed sophisticated online learning
environments to support students engaging in dialogic argumentation. This review examines …

This book, about a newly emerging area of research in instructional technology, has as its
title the acronym" CSCL." Initially, CSCL was chosen as an acronym for Computer …

Findings generated by recent research in science education, international debate on the
guiding purposes of science education and the nature of scientific and technological literacy …

In this article, we elaborate methodologies to study construction of knowledge in
argumentative activities. For this purpose, we report on a quasi-empirical study on …

A frequent charge leveled against technological innovations in education is that they often
seem to be designed to exploit the capabilities of the technology rather than designed to …

This article describes a principled approach to the design of computer-based tools for use in
collaborative instruction. We argue that a project should progress through four steps:(a) …

Discussions featuring reasoned argumentation among students have the potential to
increase students' motivation and to help students learn to reason well. This article analyzes …

This chapter is ultimately about the characteristics of cognitive structure and function that are
entailed in the successful learning of complex subject matter. One impetus for the ideas …

This paper investigates the appropriateness of formal dialectics as a basis for nonmonotonic
reasoning and defeasible reasoning that takes computational limits seriously. Rules that can …

Informal arguments take place when individuals exchange views on whether it is worthwhile
to believe some assertion or take some action. Debates between friends or family members …