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Download full textMarttunen, Miika; Laurinen, Leena – 2000
This study involved a teaching experiment in which academic argumentation was practiced during a ten-week email course in a Finnish university. During the course, two working methods were used: free debate and role play. The aim of the study was to clarify how these two working methods activated students in mutual argumentative dialogue and…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Critical Thinking, Electronic Mail, Foreign Countries
Markkanen, Hannu; Donzellini, Giuliano; Ponta, Domenico – 2001
The mission of the NetPro European project is to develop project-based learning through the Internet. The NetPro project is creating tools and services to facilitate communication and collaboration between distant students, and to manage access and control of project deliverables. NetPro project teams form cross-institutional learning communities.…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries, Group Activities
Liski, Erkki P.; Puntanen, Simo – 1985
A statistical model is presented for analyzing the results of group conversation tests in English, developed in a Finnish university study from 1977 to 1981. The model is illustrated with the findings from the study. In this study, estimates of percentile curves for the number of errors are of greater interest than the mean regression line. It was…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Foreign Countries
Learning Environments for Studying Argumentation: Learning Effects of E-Mail and Face-to-Face Study.
Marttunen, Miika; Laurinen, Leena – 1999
In a teaching experiment, 16 face-to-face and 11 e-mail Finnish university students engaged in an argumentation course. The 19 students of the control group did not study argumentation. The course involved two lectures, exercises with argumentative texts, and face-to-face or e-mail seminar discussions based on these texts. The topics of the texts…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Debate, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Distance Education
Mahlamaki-Kultanen, Seija; Hulkari, Kirsti – 2003
The pedagogical functions of simple World Wide Web-based discussions during work-based learning periods in vocational education were examined in a study of a secondary-level work-based practical nursing program in Finland. The students (age range, 16 to 43 years) participated in 17 Web discussion groups during their 120-week practical nursing…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Developed Nations, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Foreign Countries
