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Peer reviewedColbert, Kent R. – Journal of the American Forensic Association, 1987
Focuses on the relationship between debate training and critical thinking ability, and examines whether Cross-Examination Debate Association (CEDA) debaters, National Debate Tournament (NDT) debaters, and nondebaters differ significantly on the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal. Indicates no significant difference between NDT debaters and…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Critical Thinking, Debate, Higher Education
Reflective Judgment in Debate: Or, The End of "Critical Thinking" as the Goal of Educational Debate.
Download full textDowling, Ralph E. – 1989
Recurring pressures for fiscal restraint threaten the existence of educational programs, such as competitive debate, which are not publicly perceived to produce worthwhile outcomes. Since debate is misunderstood and expensive, its advocates must be prepared to provide solid evidence of its benefits. Unfortunately, methodological weaknesses in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Debate, Higher Education
Colbert, Kent R. – 1987
A study examined whether intercollegiate debating enhances the critical thinking ability of participants and investigated whether users of the two existing styles--National Debate Tournament (NDT) and Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA)--differed significantly from each other and from nondebaters in their critical thinking skills. Four…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Critical Thinking, Debate
