Research on Developing the Student´s Argumentation Skills in On-Line and Traditional Classroom Environments

The study investigates the effects of developing students´ argumentation skills in traditional classroom learning context and on-line learning environment in two classes comprising 21- to 23-year-old university students in China. The results tentatively indicate that the short term study intervention helped students to promote their argumentation skills in both learning environments. But different kinds of argumentation skills were developed in different learning contexts.