The effect of argumentation-based activities on the development of moral reasoning
JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, cilt.118, sa.5, ss.437-449, 2025 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 118 Sayı: 5
- Basım Tarihi: 2025
- Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00220671.2025.2492271
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, ABI/INFORM, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA), ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Index Islamicus, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Psycinfo
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.437-449
- Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This study aims to investigate the effects of argumentation-based activities on moral reasoning development of 4th-grade primary school students. A concurrent nested mixed method was employed. The sample consisted of 30 fourth grade students from a primary school. Before and after the argumentation-based activities "Moral Reasoning Scenarios Inventory" was administered, then interviews were conducted with the students regarding the scenarios. It was found that there was a significant difference in favor of post-intervention results, with a decrease in students' hedonistic and punishment avoidance reasoning, and an increase in the norm and rule-based, the good-empathy of the other, social approval-based and rights and justice-based reasoning. When the students' argumentation activities and their views on moral situations were considered together, it was concluded that argumentation-based activities have a positive effect on the development of students' moral reasoning.