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Table 2 discourse styles, achievement goals, and personality traits of four in a group

From: Exploring the relationship between individual characteristics and argumentative discourse styles: the role of achievement goals and personality traits

 

Student A

Student B

Student C

Student D

Discourse style

 Deliberative argumentation

31%

38%

25%

40%

 Disputative argumentation

36%

30%

25%

33%

 Quick seek consensus

17%

18%

37%

20%

Achievement goal

 Mastery goal

2.33

4.17

4.17

3.33

 Performance-approach goal

4.80

1.60

3.40

3.00

 Performance-avoidance goal

4.40

1.20

4.20

3.80

Big five personality

 Extraversion

4.75

3.58

4.58

3.25

 Openness

2.33

3.92

3.58

3.67

 Agreeableness

3.17

4.17

4.00

3.83

 Conscientiousness

3.67

4.00

2.50

3.08

 Neuroticism

2.25

2.47

4.42

2.67