Utilization of Argumentative Maps in the Pre-writing Stage of Creating Continuous Text

Abstract

In the context of doctoral research in students of the 6th grade of elementary school, we implemented a "Program for the Development of Argumentative Speech in Collaborative Electronic Learning Environments". In the drafting stage, the digital environment of inspiration was utilized in the creation of collaborative argumentation maps. The topic that was given for negotiation was: “A foreign student holds the Greek flag in the parade. What is your opinion; "Support your position with arguments." In the initial maps the students rendered empirical views and observations unstructured. After the didactic intervention based on the model of the text-centered approach, the students enriched and structured their maps following the structural form of the argument, before moving on to the main writing stage of transforming ideas into a continuous text.