Argumentative Strategies During Interaction in Natural Settings in Preschool Classrooms

 

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Authors: Jiménez Ramírez, Genis, Vega Pérez, Lizbeth
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publication Date:2018
Description:The goal of this study was to analyze the argumentative strategies used by preschool children in natural situations of interaction in the classroom. Participants 60 children between 3 and 5 years old from a Day Care Center in Mexico City. The research was qualitative and a non-participant systematic observation process was conducted at three moments of the day: the assembly, the pedagogical activity and the free play with toys. The results showed that during conversation with their teachers and among peers, children generated 10 argumentative strategies: reference of authority, description, comparison, analogy, generalization, narration, anticipation, causality, opposition and alternative proposal. These results provide empirical evidence about argumentation in early childhood.
Country:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/31976
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/actualidades/article/view/31976
Keyword:Argumentative strategies
argumentation natural settings
social interaction
preschool children
Estrategias argumentativas
argumentación
situaciones naturales
interacción social
niños preescolares