Apprenticeship-partnered adolescents generate more advanced counterarguments than similar-ability-paired peers¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The experimental group showed greater skill in generating advanced counterarguments relative to the comparison group, in both dialogs and essays. → Song 2023

Evidence¶

Song 2023¶

Song, Yu. (2023). Apprenticeship As a Developmental Mechanism in Argumentation Skill Development. Ph.D. dissertation, Columbia University. https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/Song_columbia_0054D_18218

q2 · i? · causal · r?

Intervention study comparing an apprenticeship condition (more skilled adult partners) with a same-ability-paired comparison group on a new topic, assessed by individually constructed dialog and individual essay. The abstract reports greater skill in "generating advanced counterarguments" in the experimental group. No effect size is printed.

"the experimental group showed greater skills in using evidence to support a claim, generating advanced counterarguments, and constructing integrative critical arguments coordinating two contrasting claims, relative to the comparison group."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Adolescents paired with more skilled adult dialogic partners show greater skill using evidence to support claims than peers paired only with similar-ability partners — related
• Both partnered and comparison groups advanced in individual dialogic argument skills, demonstrating transfer of higher-order skills from social to individual level — related
• The more skilled adult partners displayed skilled counterargument, evidence use, frequent questioning, and meta-talk about the discourse — related