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Online Interventions to Help College Students to Improve the Degree of Integration of Their Argumentative Synthesis
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Luna, María; Villalón, Ruth; Martínez-Álvarez, Isabel; Mateos, Mar – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
Writing an argumentative synthesis is a common but demanding task, consequently undergraduates require some instruction. The objective of this study was to test the effectiveness of two interventions on integrative argumentation: one of them was focused on the product features of argumentative texts; and the other one on the processes involved in…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Synthesis, Writing Instruction, Undergraduate Students
Writing a Synthesis versus Reading: Strategies Involved and Impact on Comprehension
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Castells, Núria; Minguela, Marta; Nadal, Esther – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
Little evidence is available regarding the differential impact of reading versus reading and writing on multiple source comprehension. The present study aims to: (1) compare the inferential comprehension performance of students in reading versus reading/synthesis conditions; (2) explore the impact of performing the tasks on paper versus on screen…
Descriptors: Information Sources, Reading Comprehension, Synthesis, Reading Processes