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Autor/in | Adams, Stephen T. |
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Titel | Use of a Computer Environment To Analyze the Coherence of Argumentation about Policies Proposed To Ameliorate Global Warming. |
Quelle | (2002), (22 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Computer Uses in Education; Evaluation Methods; Global Warming; High School Students; High Schools; Interviews; Persuasive Discourse; Secondary School Teachers; Surveys |
Abstract | In designing computer environments to support the creation of arguments, a central issue concerns evaluating the quality of these arguments. This study uses one such computer environment, Convince ME, that uniquely uses a connectionist model, ECHO, to generate Model Fit values as a kind of measure of an argument's coherence. This study sought to triangulate these Model Fit values by comparing them to other measures, including a measure of the stability of views (from public opinion researcher Daniel Yankelovich) and the number of statements in participant's arguments. Two 17-year-old students and 1 scientist participated in pre- and post-surveys and interviews and used Convince Me to create arguments about policies that would ameliorate global warming. The pattern of positive correlations among these measures, coupled with results from a debriefing interview, illuminate cognitive and educational issues involved in using Convince Me (or programs like it) to support reasoning about public policy issues. (Contains 25 references.) (Author/SLD) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |