The effects of reading to prepare for argumentative discussion on cognitive engagement and conceptual growth |
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| Institution: | 1. Center for the Study of Reading, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 51 Gerty Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, USA;2. Illinois State University, Box 5330, Normal, IL 61790, USA;1. Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Denver, Colorado;2. Dermatology and Laser Institute of Colorado, Lone Tree, Colorado;3. Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado;1. University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Psychology, 1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563, Portola Plaza Building, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA;2. California State University, Los Angeles, Department of Psychology, KH C-3104, 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA, 90032, USA;1. Department of Teaching & Learning, Temple University, United States;2. George Washington Carver Engineering & Science High School, United States;1. School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;2. School of Education, University of California, Davis, USA |
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| Abstract: | Dialogue based approaches to education have been shown to benefit students through the quality of shared discourse. Warm conceptual change theories propose that these benefits are also mediated by increasing student engagement. Discourse and engagement effects were isolated in this study by having 130 third and fourth grade students read a science text for different purposes (no stated purpose, to prepare for a regular classroom discussion, or to prepare for an argumentative discussion) and then testing children before the discussion took place. Children who anticipated a discussion, especially an argumentative discussion, read more slowly than other children after controlling for fluency. A subset of reading times predicted conceptual growth. Finally some children who participated in argumentative discussions had higher rates of conceptual growth. Results substantiate the efficacy of argumentative discussion as a context for reading scientific texts, and they support the central mechanism of dual-processing theories of warm conceptual change. |
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| Keywords: | Conceptual change Science learning Argumentative discussion Engagement |
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