argumentation
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- noun
- /ˌɑrɡjʊmənˈteɪʃən/
- Formal
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argumentación
- What goes on in these places is not brainwashing, but explanation and argumentation; not indoctrination, but reasoning.
- collaborative argumentation
- argumentation skills
- line of argumentation
He thinks that the rational argumentation can sort of stand on its own.
- He thinks that the rational argumentation can sort of stand on its own.
- So, you know, basic rhetoric, argumentation, how to convey an idea.
- It's that ability and eagerness to identify gaps in logic or a shortfalls in evidence based argumentation.
- I was going to say ought to have a role in the way that scientists think, but which don't belong in public argumentation.
Examples
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In the present study, the middle-level students learned argumentation skills via collaborative argumentation in their science classrooms.
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Analysis of their argumentation showed that eight argumentation schemes were used by most groups of children.
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In this study, the students were at the beginning stage of developing their argumentation skills.
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Furthermore, how will you address the role of argumentation in learning science?
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The students in class 2 developed eight lines of argumentation as shown in Appendix A.
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We expected the students to be engaged in collaborative argumentation about science topics.
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On day two, the classes in both conditions were engaged in the whole-class collaborative argumentation activity.
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The classes we assigned to the control condition participated in whole-class verbal collaborative argumentation with minimal teacher guidance.
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Jonassen and Cho (2013) integrated collaborative argumentation strategies to help college-level engineering students develop argumentation schemas.
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The professor emphasized the importance of sound argumentation in academic debates to effectively convey one's point.
Synonyms
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A way of thinking in a clear, logical order to form a conclusion
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A set of connected reasons that lead to a conclusion
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Argumentation comes from the same root as argue and argument, from the old Latin verb arguere meaning 'to make clear' or 'to prove'. So argumentation is the act of giving reasons and evidence to make your point clear.