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November 28, 2025Middle Grades Research JournalOpen Access

Classroom Debates in Middle School Social Studies

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LDLeslie Duhaylongsod

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Transcripts of debates reveal students' argumentation using textual evidence in social studies, suggesting enhanced teaching methods.

Key Points

  • Students utilized textual evidence to support arguments 37.6% of the time, indicating strong engagement within the curriculum.
  • In classroom debates, students connected their evidence to claims 20.3% of the time, showing a significant level of argumentation skill.
  • Analysis involved coding transcripts using two schemes that focused on argumentative moves and grounds quality in a social studies context.
  • Implications suggest the need for enhanced curriculum strategies to support argumentation in middle school studies.

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Leslie Duhaylongsod (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6928f106a65b730b9ea79d18https://doi.org/10.1108/mgrj-05-2018-0008
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