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Klein, Perry D.; Ehrhardt, Jacqueline S. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Argumentation can contribute significantly to content area learning. Recent research has raised questions about the effects of discussion (deliberation) goals versus persuasion (disputation) goals on reasoning and learning. This is the first study to compare the effects of these writing goals on individual writing to learn. Grade 7 and 8 students…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Discussion, Student Educational Objectives, Abstract Reasoning