Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
Source
| Annenberg Institute for… | 1 |
Publication Type
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
| High Schools | 1 |
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Junior High Schools | 1 |
| Middle Schools | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
| Massachusetts | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textBeth E. Schueler; Katherine E. Larned – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
Few interventions reduce inequality in reading achievement, let alone higher order thinking skills, among adolescents. We study "policy debate"--an extracurricular activity focused on improving middle and high schoolers' critical thinking, argumentation, and policy analysis skills--in Boston schools serving large concentrations of…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills
Sunal, Cynthia Szymanski; Sunal, Dennis W.; Tirri, Kirsi – 2001
This study considered the ability of small groups of students aged 13-15 years to structure and argue an evidentiary case in which the limitations of the evidence are recognized. The findings of this study indicate that these student groups had developed some of the characteristics of argumentation and group process skills used in building and…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication Skills, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Group Dynamics
