Argumentation Skills as Prerequisites for Collaborative Learning Among Finnish, French and English Secondary School Students.

Miika Marttunen (1) , Leena Laurinen (1) , Lia Litosseliti (2) , Kristine Lund (3)

1 JYU - University of Jyväskylä
2 Language and Communication Sciences - School of community and health sciences
3 ICAR - Interactions, Corpus, Apprentissages, Représentations

Argumentation skills of secondary school students were evaluated in Finland (n = 290), France (n = 54), and England (n = 41). The data were collected from 4 tasks comprising 7 variables. The results indicated that most of the students had correctly justified arguments and conclusions, and composed clear claims and relevant arguments. However, many students had difficulties in recognising the main claim and arguments for it in an expository text, and in commenting analytically on an argumentative text. Thus the students possessed the prerequisites for
argumentative reasoning and writing but need further practice in analytical and critical reading.

Mots clés: argumentation skills; secondary school; international comparison

Domaines: Linguistique; Education

Miika Marttunen, Leena Laurinen, Lia Litosseliti, Kristine Lund. Argumentation Skills as Prerequisites for Collaborative Learning Among Finnish, French and English Secondary School Students.. Educational Research and Evaluation, 2005, 11 (4), pp.365-384. ⟨halshs-00376592⟩