{"id":502,"date":"2022-08-05T14:40:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T14:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/hc\/uncategorized\/multi-vs-single-thesis-discussions\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T23:12:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T23:12:06","password":"","slug":"multi-vs-single-thesis-discussions","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/hc\/multi-vs-single-thesis-discussions\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi- vs Single-Thesis Discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are two ways the top-level of a Kialo discussion can be structured: <strong>single-thesis <\/strong>or <strong>multi-thesis<\/strong>.<\/p><section class=\"kialo-callout tip\">\n    <div class=\"callout-icon-wrapper\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/wp-content\/themes\/wp-helpcenter-theme\/assets\/icons\/star.svg\" alt=\"tip\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" class=\"callout-icon\">\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"callout-content\">\n        <em>Tips:<\/em>\n\t\t<p>When first trying out Kialo Edu, we recommend starting with a single-thesis discussion. Multi-thesis discussions can quickly become complicated for students not familiar with Kialo<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section><p>In a <strong>single-thesis <\/strong>discussion, students debate whether to agree or disagree with a simple statement. It presents a <strong>single thesis <\/strong>with <strong>two directly opposing sides <\/strong>(<strong>pros <\/strong>and <strong>cons<\/strong>). For example:<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/pizza1.png\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/pizza1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2442\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><p>In a <strong>multi-thesis discussion<\/strong>, students debate <strong>two or more <\/strong>possible answers to an <strong>open-ended <\/strong>question. As such, it has <strong>multiple theses<\/strong>, each of which proposes an answer to the central question. In turn, these theses <strong>each <\/strong>have two directly oppositional sides (pros and cons). For example:<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/pizza2.png\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/pizza2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2444\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><p><\/p><p>The starting structure of a discussion is set up when you create it. For information on how to change the type of discussion, see <a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/hc\/changing-a-discussion-between-multi-and-single-thesis-structures\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"519\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\">Changing Between a Multi- and Single-Thesis Discussion<\/a>. For more information about writing theses, see <a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/hc\/writing-an-effective-thesis-for-student-discussions\/\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\">Writing an Effective Thesis<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two ways the top-level of a Kialo discussion can be structured: single-thesis or multi-thesis.In a single-thesis discussion, students debate whether to agree or disagree with a simple statement. It presents a single thesis with two directly opposing sides (pros and cons). For example:In a multi-thesis discussion, students debate two or more possible answers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_doc_category":0,"wds_primary_doc_tag":0,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[53],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-502","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-creating-a-discussion"],"acf":{"zendesk_id":"360034739892"},"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":134,"total_views":"840","reactions":{"happy":"3","normal":"2","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"jenkins","author_nicename":"jenkins","author_url":"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/author\/jenkins\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Creating a Discussion","term_url":"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/hc\/sections\/creating-a-discussion\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=502"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}