Abstract
This study involved 38 primary school students in a detective game about cyber-ethics dilemmas and explored students' skills at making a reasoned decision and presenting a convincing argument. This game continued for five weeks and was supported by a computer system. It started with a given speculation/hypothesis. Then each student collected at least a piece of supporting evidence and wrote it up on the computer system for each week. During the evidence collection period, the researchers, playing a witness of the opposing side, actively provided refuting evidence each week. For the last week, the students were required to draw respective conclusions/decisions based on their collected evidence and given refuting evidence. All the students' constructed arguments for describing evidences and conclusions were analyzed. It was found that most of the students (about 92%) developed arguments consisting of either claims only or claims and data. They would not be able to construct complicated arguments with backings, warrants and rebuttals.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 40th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference |
| Subtitle of host publication | Celebrating Forty Years of Innovation, FIE 2010 - Conference Program |
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| Publication status | Published - 2010 Dec 1 |
| Event | 40th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference: Celebrating Forty Years of Innovation, FIE 2010 - Arlington, VA, United States Duration: 2010 Oct 27 → 2010 Oct 30 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE |
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| ISSN (Print) | 1539-4565 |
Other
| Other | 40th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference: Celebrating Forty Years of Innovation, FIE 2010 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Arlington, VA |
| Period | 10/10/27 → 10/10/30 |
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Keywords
- Argumentation
- Cyber-ethics dilemma
- Decision-making
- Detective game
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Education
- Computer Science Applications
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Primary school students' Decision-making argumentation in cyber-ethics dilemmas. / Lin, Chun Hsu; Huang, Shih Ming; Wu, Pei Shan; Chiu, Chiung-Hui.
40th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference: Celebrating Forty Years of Innovation, FIE 2010 - Conference Program. 2010. 5673662 (Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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