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Five-level taxonomy of argument quality for coding reasoning gains

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The review codes argumentative reasoning gains on five levels combining structural and functional elements: main (claims/reasons), elaborated (evidence, questions, TAP structure), complex (internal relationships and quality of evidence/justification), dialogic (transactivity, critique, rebuttal), and dialectic (revision or integration of alternative theories, quality of counterarguments, critical questions). The authors state: "we had previously identified five types or levels of arguments, comprising both structural and functional elements, namely: main, elaborated, complex, dialogic, and dialectic". Table 1 details the codes per level, e.g., level 4 codes T, CAR, CAR/E for dialogic argument.

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  • Five-level taxonomy of argument quality for coding reasoning gains: The review codes argumentative reasoning gains on five levels combining structural and functional elements: main (claims/reasons), elaborated (evidence, questions, TAP structure), complex (internal relationships and quality of evidence/justification), dialogic (transactivity, critique, rebuttal), and dialectic (revision or integration of alternative theories, quality of counterarguments, critical questions). The authors state: "we had previously identified five types or levels of arguments, comprising both structural and functional elements, namely: main, elaborated, complex, dialogic, and dialectic". Table 1 details the codes per level, e.g., level 4 codes T, CAR, CAR/E for dialogic argument. (Chrysi Rapanta et al. (2022))

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  • Chrysi Rapanta & Mark K. Felton. (2022). Learning to Argue Through Dialogue: a Review of Instructional Approaches. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09637-2
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title Five-level taxonomy of argument quality for coding reasoning gains
description The review codes argumentative reasoning gains on five levels combining structural and functional elements: main (claims/reasons), elaborated (evidence, questions, TAP structure), complex (internal relationships and quality of evidence/justification), dialogic (transactivity, critique, rebuttal), an
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