The Development of Argumentative Abilities Using Argumentative Activities of High School Students.

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) develop the argumentative activities of high school students, 2) develop the argumentative ability of high school students. The sample group were 8 high school students of Suankularb Wittayalai Thonburi School, Bang Khun Thian District, Bangkok in the second semester of the academic year 2022, were obtained by voluntary selection which is a group of students who were selected to represent students in debate competitions who are interested in developing the argumentative ability. The research tools were argumentative activity plan assessment forms and a questionnaire on students' opinions on argumentation activities. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, namely frequency and percentage

The research results showed that 1) Argumentation activities of high school students were deductive argumentation, inductive argumentation, analogical argumentation and debating, all together 4 activities. 2) All plans are of the highest and high level of quality. 3) In the deductive argumentation activity, there were
2 samples of students who had important characteristics of argumentative ability and argumentative ability. In the inductive argumentation activity, there were
6 samples of students who had important characteristics of argumentative ability and argumentative ability. In the analogical argumentation activity, there were
4 samples of students who had important characteristics of argumentation ability, but all the sample students had argumentative ability. And in the debating activity, there were 7 students in the sample group who had important characteristics of argumentative ability and argumentative ability. 4) All students had the opinion on argumentation activities at the highest level in all items, except for the assessment of various activities that agreed at the highest level equal to the high level.