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Direct linkDe La Paz, Susan; Ferretti, Ralph; Wissinger, Daniel; Yee, Laura; MacArthur, Charles – Written Communication, 2012
This study considers how adolescents compose historical arguments, and it identifies theoretically grounded predictors of the quality of their essays. Using data from a larger study on the effects of a federally funded Teaching American History grant on student learning, we analyzed students' written responses to document-based questions at the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Writing Skills, Persuasive Discourse, Evidence
