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Perspectives about Disciplinary Argumentation in the Era of Post-truth: Introduction to the Special Issue 后真相时代的学科论证透视——特刊导论
IF 1.9 1区 文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-03-17 DOI: 10.1177/07410883221150320
R. Ferretti, Susan De La Paz, L. Mason
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引用次数: 1
The Language Demands of Analytical Reading and Writing at School 学校分析性阅读与写作的语言需求
IF 1.9 1区 文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-03-17 DOI: 10.1177/07410883221148727
P. Uccelli
Analytical writing poses particularly challenging, yet often overlooked, language demands that need attention in educational research and practice. In this article, I discuss the Core Analytical Language Skills (CALS) construct and its relevance for school reading and writing. CALS refer to the set of learners’ school-relevant language resources that are of high utility to understanding analytical texts across content areas. After a brief review of the relations between mid-adolescents’ language and their school reading and writing proficiencies, I offer illustrative examples of individual differences in middle-schoolers’ analytical writing and CALS. I argue, on the basis of recent but extensive empirical evidence, that without understanding and addressing the immense variability in the language resources that students bring to school and the language demands of reading- and writing-to-learn tasks and texts, schools run the risk of maintaining and even exacerbating the inequalities that exist in the larger society.
分析性写作提出了特别具有挑战性但经常被忽视的语言需求,需要在教育研究和实践中予以关注。在这篇文章中,我讨论了核心分析语言技能(CALS)结构及其与学校阅读和写作的相关性。CALS是指一组与学习者学校相关的语言资源,这些资源对理解跨内容领域的分析文本具有很高的实用性。在简要回顾了中学生语言与学校阅读和写作能力之间的关系后,我举了一些例子来说明中学生分析写作和CALS的个体差异。我认为,根据最近但广泛的经验证据,如果不理解和解决学生带到学校的语言资源的巨大可变性,以及阅读和写作学习任务和文本的语言需求,学校就有可能维持甚至加剧更大社会中存在的不平等。
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引用次数: 2
Prompting Reflection: Using Corpus Linguistic Methods in the Local Assessment of Reflective Writing 提示反思:语料库语言学方法在反思性写作局部评价中的应用
IF 1.9 1区 文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-03-09 DOI: 10.1177/07410883221149425
C. Messina, Cherice Escobar Jones, Mya Poe
We report on a college-level study of student reflection and instructor prompts using scoring and corpus analysis methods. We collected 340 student reflections and 24 faculty prompts. Reflections were scored using trait and holistic scoring and then reflections and faculty prompts were analyzed using Natural Language Processing to identify linguistic features of high, middle, and low scoring reflections. The data sets were then connected to determine if there was a relationship between faculty prompts and scores. Additional analysis was completed to determine if there was a relationship between scores and students’ GPAs. The corpus linguistics analysis showed that higher-scoring reflections used words that referred to the self, the writing process, and specific rhetorical terms. Additional analysis showed student GPAs did not correlate with holistic scores but that higher scoring reflections were from faculty who included learning goals on reflective writing prompts. Results suggest that teachers can de-mystify reflective writing by linking learning outcomes to textual tasks and that corpus linguistics methods can provide an understanding of how local learning goals are transmitted to students.
我们报告了一项使用评分和语料库分析方法对学生反思和教师提示的大学水平研究。我们收集了340个学生的反思和24个教师的提示。使用特质和整体评分对反思进行评分,然后使用自然语言处理对反思和教师提示进行分析,以确定高、中、低评分反思的语言特征。然后将数据集连接起来,以确定教师提示和分数之间是否存在关系。完成了额外的分析,以确定分数和学生的GPA之间是否存在关系。语料库语言学分析表明,得分较高的反思使用了涉及自我、写作过程和特定修辞术语的词语。额外的分析表明,学生的GPA与整体得分无关,但得分较高的反思来自于教师,他们在反思性写作提示中包含了学习目标。研究结果表明,教师可以通过将学习结果与文本任务联系起来来消除反思性写作的神秘感,语料库语言学方法可以理解本地学习目标是如何传递给学生的。
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引用次数: 0
Addressing an Unfulfilled Expectation: Teaching Students With Disabilities to Write Scientific Arguments 解决未实现的期望:教残疾学生写科学论据
IF 1.9 1区 文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-03-04 DOI: 10.1177/07410883221149093
Susan De La Paz, D. Levin, Cameron M. Butler
Students with disabilities (SWD) in general education science classes are expected to engage in the scientific practices and potentially in the writing of arguments drawn from evidence. Currently, however, there are few research-based instructional approaches for teaching argument writing for these students. The present article responds to this need through the application of an instructional model that promises to improve the ability of SWDs to write scientific arguments. We approach this work in multiple ways. First, we clarify our target group, students with high incidence disabilities (learning disability, ADHD, and students with speech and language impairments), and discuss common cognitive challenges they experience. We then explore the role of argumentation in science, review research on both experts’ (scientists’) and novices’ (students’) argument writing and highlight successful cognitive strategies for teaching argument writing with neurotypical learners. We further discuss SWDs’ general writing challenges and how researchers have improved their abilities to comprehend and evaluate scientific information and improve their domain-general writing. Cognitive apprenticeships appear advantageous for teaching SWDs science content and how to write scientific arguments, as this form of instruction begins with problem solving tasks that connect literacy (e.g., reading, writing, argumentation discourse) with epistemic reasoning in a given domain. We illustrate the potential of such apprenticeships by analyzing the conceptual quality of arguments written by three SWDs who participated in a larger quantitative study in which they and others showed improvement in the structure of their arguments. We end with suggestions for further research to expand the use of cognitive apprenticeships.
在通识教育科学课程中,残疾学生(SWD)被期望参与科学实践,并可能参与从证据中得出的论点的写作。然而,目前很少有基于研究性的教学方法来教授这些学生的论文写作。本文通过应用一种教学模式来回应这一需求,该模式有望提高社障学生撰写科学论证的能力。我们有多种方法来完成这项工作。首先,我们明确了我们的目标群体,即有高发残疾的学生(学习障碍、多动症和有语言障碍的学生),并讨论了他们遇到的常见认知挑战。然后,我们探讨了论证在科学中的作用,回顾了专家(科学家)和新手(学生)论证写作的研究,并强调了对神经典型学习者进行论证写作教学的成功认知策略。我们进一步讨论了社工的一般写作挑战,以及研究人员如何提高他们理解和评估科学信息的能力,并改善他们的领域一般写作。认知学徒制似乎有利于教授SWDs科学内容和如何撰写科学论证,因为这种形式的教学始于解决问题的任务,这些任务将读写能力(例如,阅读、写作、论证话语)与给定领域的认知推理联系起来。我们通过分析三位社会福利工作者所写的论点的概念质量来说明这种学徒的潜力,他们参与了一项更大规模的定量研究,在研究中,他们和其他人在论点的结构上表现出了改善。最后,我们提出了进一步研究的建议,以扩大认知学徒制的使用。
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引用次数: 1
Editor’s Note 编者按
IF 1.9 1区 文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-03-04 DOI: 10.1177/07410883221150937
C. Wickman
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引用次数: 0
Examining the Impact of a Cognitive Strategies Approach on the Argument Writing of Mainstreamed English Learners in Secondary School 研究认知策略方法对中学主流英语学习者议论文写作的影响
IF 1.9 1区 文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-03-04 DOI: 10.1177/07410883221148724
Carol Booth Olson, Undraa Maamuujav, Jacob Steiss, Huy Q. Chung
The stagnation of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Writing scores demonstrates the need for research-based instruction that improves writing for all students, especially English learners. In this article, we synthesize the literature on effective instructional practices for this diverse group of learners and describe how these strategies are leveraged in a teacher professional development program that has been previously shown to improve students’ argument writing. Then, we share results of a study that focuses on distinct subgroups of secondary English learners students to (a) determine their needs and challenges and (b) examine the impact of a cognitive strategies approach on rhetorical and linguistic aspects of writing at posttest. Results show English learners have considerable challenges with higher-order tasks involved in writing literary arguments and with the linguistic demands of academic writing before receiving the intervention. However, after receiving the intervention, using descriptive statistics and multiple hierarchical linear regression, we show that these students grew in the areas of presentation of ideas, organization, evidence use, and language use. For example, students designated as reclassified English learners (RFEP [Reclassified Fluent English Proficient]) and students who have even more limited English proficiency (designated as EL [English learner] here) show improvements in many aspects of writing, especially in their ability to write claims and use evidence. In contrast, improvements in language use components were more limited for both groups of learners. Moreover, some of the gains due to being in the treatment were significant enough to bring the average EL student close to parity or beyond their EO (English Only) / IFEP (Initial Fluent English Proficient) peers in the control condition at posttest. We conclude by discussing pedagogical implications for English learners.
国家教育进步评估(NAEP)写作分数的停滞表明,需要以研究为基础的教学来提高所有学生的写作水平,尤其是英语学习者。在这篇文章中,我们综合了针对这一不同学习者群体的有效教学实践的文献,并描述了如何在教师专业发展计划中利用这些策略,这些策略先前已被证明可以提高学生的论点写作。然后,我们分享了一项研究的结果,该研究主要关注中学英语学习者的不同小组,以(a)确定他们的需求和挑战,(b)检查认知策略方法对后测写作修辞和语言方面的影响。结果表明,在接受干预之前,英语学习者在写作文学论点和学术写作的语言要求方面存在相当大的挑战。然而,在接受干预后,使用描述性统计和多元层次线性回归,我们发现这些学生在表达想法、组织、证据使用和语言使用方面有所增长。例如,被指定为重新分类英语学习者(RFEP[重新分类流利英语熟练])的学生和英语熟练程度更有限的学生(这里被指定为EL[英语学习者])在写作的许多方面都有进步,特别是在写声明和使用证据的能力方面。相比之下,两组学习者在语言使用方面的进步更为有限。此外,由于接受治疗而获得的一些收益足以使普通英语学生在后测时接近或超过对照组的EO(纯英语)/ IFEP(初级流利英语熟练)同龄人。最后,我们讨论了对英语学习者的教学意义。
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引用次数: 3
Beyond Structure: Using the Rational Force Model to Assess Argumentative Writing 超越结构:运用理性力量模型评价议论文写作
IF 1.9 1区 文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-03-04 DOI: 10.1177/07410883221148664
Ylva Backman, Alina Reznitskaya, Viktor Gardelli, I. Wilkinson
Current approaches used in educational research and practice to evaluate the quality of written arguments often rely on structural analysis. In such assessments, credit is awarded for the presence of structural elements of an argument, such as claims, evidence, and rebuttals. In this article, we discuss limitations of such approaches, including the absence of criteria for evaluating the quality of the argument elements. We then present an alternative framework, based on the Rational Force Model (RFM), which originated from the work of a Nordic philosopher Næss. Using an example of an argumentative essay, we demonstrate the potential of the RFM to improve argument analysis by focusing on the acceptability and relevance of argument elements, two criteria widely considered to be fundamental markers of argument strength. We outline possibilities and challenges with using the RFM in educational contexts and conclude by proposing directions for future research.
目前在教育研究和实践中用于评估书面论点质量的方法通常依赖于结构分析。在这种评估中,对论点中存在的结构性元素(如主张、证据和反驳)给予表扬。在这篇文章中,我们讨论了这种方法的局限性,包括缺乏评估论证元素质量的标准。然后,我们提出了一个基于理性力量模型(RFM)的替代框架,该模型源于北欧哲学家Næss的工作。通过一篇议论文的例子,我们展示了RFM通过关注论点元素的可接受性和相关性来改进论点分析的潜力,这两个标准被广泛认为是论点强度的基本标志。我们概述了在教育背景下使用RFM的可能性和挑战,并提出了未来研究的方向。
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引用次数: 2
Confronting the Challenges of Undergraduates’ Argumentation Writing in a “Learning How to Learn” Course 在“学会如何学习”课程中应对大学生论证写作的挑战
IF 1.9 1区 文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/07410883221148468
P. Alexander, Jannah Fusenig, Eric C. Schoute, Anisha Singh, Yuting Sun, Julianne E. van Meerten
In this article, we share what we learned about undergraduates’ struggles in writing quality summaries, comparison texts, and argumentative essays that were components of a unique course, Learning How to Learn. This course was designed to address core psychological issues that impede optimal learning for students from all majors, many of whom are preparing to attend professional or graduate school. Although never intended to be a course devoted to academic writing, the struggles we uncovered made it apparent that without addressing these students’ writing difficulties, especially with argumentation, optimal learning was not achievable. For each form of writing central to the course (i.e., summaries, comparisons, and argumentation), we not only describe the challenges we have documented over the past six years, but also the instructional responses we instituted to counter those challenges. We conclude by sharing insights we have garnered from this experience that may serve others who are confronting similar issues in their students’ writing abilities.
在这篇文章中,我们分享了我们所了解到的本科生在撰写质量摘要、比较文本和议论文方面的挣扎,这些都是一门独特课程“学习如何学习”的组成部分。本课程旨在解决阻碍所有专业学生最佳学习的核心心理问题,其中许多学生正准备进入专业或研究生院。尽管从未打算成为一门专门研究学术写作的课程,但我们发现的困难表明,如果不解决这些学生的写作困难,尤其是在论证方面,就无法实现最佳学习。对于课程的每种核心写作形式(即总结、比较和论证),我们不仅描述了我们在过去六年中记录的挑战,还描述了我们为应对这些挑战而制定的教学对策。最后,我们分享了我们从这段经历中获得的见解,这些见解可能会为其他在学生写作能力方面面临类似问题的人服务。
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“The World Has to Stop Discriminating Against African American Language” (AAL): Exploring the Language Ideologies of AAL-Speaking Students in College Writing “世界必须停止对非裔美国人语言的歧视”(AAL):探究大学写作中讲AAL的学生的语言意识形态
IF 1.9 1区 文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-02-27 DOI: 10.1177/07410883221146484
Shenika Hankerson
Drawing on recent decades, literature in college writing that theorizes the importance of Critical Language Awareness (CLA) curricula for African American Language (AAL)-speaking students, this article offers empirical evidence on the design and implementation of a college writing curriculum centered on CLA and its influence on AAL–speaking students’ language ideologies with respect to both speech and writing. Qualitative analyses of students’ pre- and-post-Questionnaires and the researcher’s field notes demonstrate that the curriculum helped students view AAL as an independent, natural, and legitimate language and view themselves as critically conscious thinkers and writers—more likely and willing to develop their academic writing skills and the strategies that support employing their native language in writing—for example, code-meshing strategies. This study offers important implications for college writing instruction.
借鉴近几十年来大学写作中的文献,这些文献理论化了批判性语言意识(CLA)课程对非裔美国语言(AAL)学生的重要性,本文提供了以CLA为中心的大学写作课程的设计和实施及其对AAL口语和写作学生语言意识形态的影响的经验证据。对学生前后问卷和研究人员现场笔记的定性分析表明,课程帮助学生将AAL视为一种独立、自然、,和合法语言,并将自己视为具有批判性意识的思想家和作家——更有可能并愿意发展他们的学术写作技能和支持在写作中使用母语的策略——例如,代码网格策略。本研究对大学写作教学具有重要的启示意义。
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When the Truth Doesn’t Seem to Matter: The Affordances of Disciplinary Argument in the Era of Post-truth 当真理似乎无关紧要:后真理时代学科论证的启示
IF 1.9 1区 文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-02-17 DOI: 10.1177/07410883221148676
R. Ferretti
A disquieting aspect of some contemporary public discourse is its seeming indifference to or abandonment of any pretense to truth. Among other things, unsubstantiated and misleading claims have been made about the efficacy of vaccines and other purported treatments for SARS-COVID, the 2020 U.S. presidential election, and the January 6, 2021, insurrection on the U.S. Capitol. In addition, a spate of legislation restricting classroom discussion and instruction related to race, bias, privilege, and discrimination has been or is pending passage in U.S. state legislatures. These restrictions are antithetical to core functions of education, which are to inculcate the values, virtues, and advanced literacy skills that support democratic deliberation about controversial issues. This article discusses the increasing political polarization and partisan attacks on the processes of education and the threats to liberal democracy posed by this disregard for the truth. In addition, it reviews the cultural and psychological factors that increase our susceptibility to misinformation and presents a perspective about the pursuit of truth that highlights the educational affordances of disciplinary inquiry, democratic deliberation, and reasonable argumentation. The contemporary challenges are manifestations of long-standing political and cultural divisions, and their mitigation will depend on developing communities of informed citizens that are committed to the values and virtues that are foundational to liberal democracy.
一些当代公共话语的一个令人不安的方面是它似乎对任何对真理的伪装漠不关心或放弃。除其他外,关于疫苗和其他据称治疗SARS-COVID的有效性,2020年美国总统大选以及2021年1月6日美国国会大厦的叛乱,都提出了未经证实和误导性的说法。此外,美国各州立法机构已经或即将通过一系列限制课堂上有关种族、偏见、特权和歧视的讨论和教学的立法。这些限制与教育的核心功能背道而驰,教育的核心功能是灌输价值观、美德和高级读写技能,以支持对有争议问题的民主审议。本文讨论了日益加剧的政治两极分化和党派对教育过程的攻击,以及这种无视真相对自由民主构成的威胁。此外,它回顾了增加我们对错误信息敏感性的文化和心理因素,并提出了追求真理的观点,强调了纪律调查、民主审议和合理论证的教育启示。当代的挑战是长期存在的政治和文化分歧的表现,缓解这些挑战将取决于发展中国家的知情公民社区,这些公民致力于作为自由民主基础的价值观和美德。
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