Abstract

JIMENEZ RAMIREZ, Genis  and  VEGA PEREZ, Lizbeth. Argumentative strategies during interaction in natural settings in preschool classrooms. Act.Psi [online]. 2018, vol.32, n.125, pp.113-131. ISSN 2215-3535.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/ap.v32i125.31976.

Abstract. The goal of this study was to analyze the argumentative strategies used by preschool children in natural situations of interaction in the classroom. Participants 60 children between 3 and 5 years old from a Day Care Center in Mexico City. The research was qualitative and a non-participant systematic observation process was conducted at three moments of the day: the assembly, the pedagogical activity and the free play with toys. The results showed that during conversation with their teachers and among peers, children generated 10 argumentative strategies: reference of authority, description, comparison, analogy, generalization, narration, anticipation, causality, opposition and alternative proposal. These results provide empirical evidence about argumentation in early childhood.

Keywords : Argumentative strategies; argumentation; natural settings; social interaction; preschool children..

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