Escalating vs. De-escalating Language Comparator¶
Specification¶
The full specification below is extracted from Chapter 6: Conflict Resolution and Inclusion.
Type: chart
**sim-id:** escalating-vs-deescalating-comparator<br/>
**Library:** Chart.js<br/>
**Status:** Specified
Bloom Taxonomy Level: Understand (L2)
Bloom Verb: compare, contrast, classify
Learning objective: Students compare accusatory ("you") language against
"I"-statement language across realistic conflict scenarios and classify
which phrasing is more likely to de-escalate a disagreement.
Chart type: Paired horizontal bar chart functioning as a classification
tool
Data Visibility Requirements:
Stage 1: Show a bank of 8 paired statement examples (one accusatory
version, one "I"-statement version of the same underlying complaint)
Stage 2: Student selects, for each pair, which version is more likely to
de-escalate
Stage 3: Reveal a short explanation naming the specific communication
skill (active listening, "I" statement structure, or perspective-taking)
that the de-escalating version demonstrates
Stage 4: Track a running score across all 8 pairs
X-axis: Not applicable — statement pairs are displayed as labeled text
cards rather than a plotted numeric axis
Interactive features: Clicking a statement card selects it as the
student's choice; hovering reveals which communication skill category the
statement belongs to before the student commits to an answer
Title: "Which Statement Is More Likely to De-escalate the Conflict?"
Instructional Rationale: Classifying realistic statement pairs against a
defined standard is an Understand-level objective, so paired comparison
with revealed explanation is used rather than open-ended chart
interpretation, keeping the focus on recognizing the communication
pattern rather than on numeric data.
Implementation notes: Chart.js used as a structured card-comparison
interface rather than a traditional plotted chart; data stored as an array
of {accusatory, iStatement, skillDemonstrated, explanation} objects.