{"title":"Argumentative Knowledge Construction in an Online Graduate Mathematics Course: A Case Study","authors":"Nermin Bayazit, P. J. Clarke, D. Vidakovic","doi":"10.4018/IJDET.2018040102","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Theauthorsreportonthreestudents’argumentativeknowledgeconstructioninanasynchronousonline graduatelevelgeometrycoursedesignedforin-servicesecondarymathematics(ISM)teachers.Using WeinbergerandFischer’sframework,theyanalyzedtheISMteachers’a)geometryautobiography andb)discussionboardposts(bothcommentsandattachedworkincludingsolutionstoassigned problemsandGeometricSketchpadexplorations)throughoutan8-weeksummercourse.Thegoal wastobetterunderstandthekeysimilaritiesanddifferencesinthenatureoftheirinteractionwith eachotherandthecoursecontentthatmayhavecontributedtothedifferencesintheirknowledge construction.Findingsledresearcherstore-conceptualizearubricto(1)assistinstructorsinfacilitating productiveinteractionamongstudents,(2)preparestudentstobetterutilizethediscussionboardwith acriticaleye,and(3)providespecificguidelinesforamoreproductiveengagementamongstudents, usingtheframeworkasaguide. KEywORDS Argumentative Knowledge Construction, Asynchronous, Discussion Board, Mathematics Teaching, Online Instruction","PeriodicalId":298910,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Distance Educ. Technol.","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Int. J. Distance Educ. Technol.","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJDET.2018040102","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}