Psychosocial Obstacles in Young Children Argumentative Interactions
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Children’s Difficulties in Argumentation Process
3. Argumentative Design in Activities with Children
4. Goal
5. Method
5.1. Participants and Data Collection
5.2. Presentation of the Activities
5.2.1. Building a Bridge
5.2.2. Building a Tunnel
5.2.3. Building an Hourglass
5.3. Data Analysis
6. Results
6.1. Illustrative Cases
6.1.1. Case 1: “I don’t Know How to Make a Bridge”
- Adult:
- = maybe you can put together the pieces you have made
- Fulvio:
- [I don’t know how to make a bridge]
- Mia:
- [Giacomo uses the small ones] Giacomo uses the small ones ((she points with her finger at the Giacomo’s construction. She is referring to the size of the Lego®))
6.1.2. Case 2: “The Work Is Too Easy”
- Adult:
- these two people are two friends, they want to be together, but here there is a river that divides them and they cannot meet, but they want to be together. So, I have found a solution, if you like. You can build a bridge with Lego®, to bring them together, would you like that? you have to make one bridge all together and when you’re done, you call me, okay?
- Camille:
- yes
- Sally:
- yes
- Elsa:
- ↑ I don’t know how to make it ::
- Adult:
- help you each other (.) try it
6.1.3. Case 3: I Know How to Make Bridges
- Maria:
- in the bridge I will put these ((she finds two Lego® shaped as rectangular central opening))
- Carlo:
- xxx are like this
- Giacomo:
- no (.) the bridges are like this look Carlo
- Carlo:
- no (.) the bridges are like this
- Maria:
- the bridges are also like this look (.) as I do ((she attaches the Lego® to her construction)) teacher :: teacher :: the bridges are like this look (.) I’ll show you children
- Carlo:
- it doesn’t look like a bridge to me ((he looks at Maria’s work and he shakes his head))
- Maria:
- bridges are like this
- Carlo:
- no ((he shakes his head))
- Maria:
- looks like a bridge to me
- Carlo:
- not to me
- Giacomo:
- no (.) bridges are like that too
- Carlo:
- no (.) maybe some (.) xxx
- Maria:
- here (.) I made the bridge ((she built a part of the bridge)) give it to me and attach it ((try to grab the piece built by Carlo))
- Carlo:
- no (.) that is not a bridge
- Maria:
- come on :: ((Maria tries to attach the Giacomo’s construction to her work, but Giacomo takes the pieces)) Come on :: I don’t know how to build bridges
7. Discussion and Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. Transcription Symbols
Sign | Description |
(( )) | nonverbal information |
= | latching |
[ | overlapping |
:: | extensions of sound |
(.) | short pause |
↑↓ | increasing or decreasing intonation |
Xxx | non-understandable utterance |
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