TY - JOUR AU - Jiménez Ramírez, Genis AU - Vega Pérez, Lizbeth PY - 2018/10/25 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Argumentative Strategies During Interaction in Natural Settings in Preschool Classrooms JF - Actualidades en Psicología JA - AP VL - 32 IS - 125 SE - Articles DO - 10.15517/ap.v32i125.31976 UR - https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/actualidades/article/view/31976 SP - 113-131 AB - <p>The goal of this study was to analyze the argumentative strategies used by preschool children in natural situations of interaction in the classroom. Participants 60 children between 3 and 5 years old from a Day Care Center in Mexico City. The research was qualitative and a non-participant systematic observation process was conducted at three moments of the day: the assembly, the pedagogical activity and the free play with toys. The results showed that during conversation with their teachers and among peers, children generated 10 argumentative strategies: reference of authority, description, comparison, analogy, generalization, narration, anticipation, causality, opposition and alternative proposal. These results provide empirical evidence about argumentation in early childhood.</p><br /><br /> ER -