Mixed and exclusively soft disagreement episodes featured more extended turns and more perspectives than exclusively direct episodes¶

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q2 i? Episodes containing mixed or exclusively soft disagreements had higher average turns (12.9 and 7.3) and perspectives (3.2 and 2.4) than exclusively direct episodes (3.8 turns, 1.8 perspectives). → Zhou 2025

Evidence¶

Zhou 2025¶

Zhou, J., Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Ryan, Z., Stiso, C., Murphy, D., Danish, J., Chinn, C. A., & Duncan, R. G. (2025). Disagreeing softly: Supporting students in managing disagreement in peer critique. Intern. J. Comput.-Support. Collab. Learn. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-024-09438-z

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In episode categorization across 48 disagreement episodes, direct episodes numbered 10, soft 20, and mixed 18; Table 4 prints average turns of 3.8 (direct), 7.3 (soft), and 12.9 (mixed), and average perspectives of 1.8, 2.4, and 3.2 respectively. The stated pattern is hedged as a tendency.

"Episodes of mixed disagreements and exclusive soft disagreements tended to have more extended turns and slightly more perspectives than episodes of exclusive direct disagreements."

Discussion¶

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