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Marttunen, Miika; Laurinen, Leena – Instructional Science, 2001
In a teaching experiment, 16 face-to-face and 11 e-mail Finnish university students studied academic debating in an argumentation course. Results indicated the e-mail students learned to identify and choose relevant grounds, while face-to-face students improved in putting forward counter-argumentation. The study suggests that argumentation skills…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Conventional Instruction, Debate