Poster(v): DDL-Online Source Evaluation as Scaffolding for Argumentative Discussion on a Social Science Controversial Topic

• In Event: Gallery Walk Showcase
  In Showcase Session: Gallery 02 - Emerging Technologies in Distance Learning

Short Description

The study investigated how the activity of online source evaluation was used to scaffold college students' argumentative discussion on a controversial social science topic. The study assessed 203 students' online source evaluation performance, the quality of argumentative posts, and the relationship between. Path analysis using ordered probit model suggested that students' source evaluation performance increased the probability of having better conceptual and grounds quality of their argumentation.

Authors

• Presenter: Lin Lu, The Ohio State University

• Contributor: Mitchell Blake Shortt, The Ohio State University

• Contributor: Babatunde Akinkuolie, The Ohio State University

• Presenter: Kui Xie, The Ohio State University