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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
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Direct linkLarson, Meredith; Britt, M. Anne; Larson, Aaron A. – Reading Psychology an international quarterly, 2004
In two experiments, we examine university students' ability to comprehend authentic argumentative texts and factors that influence their application of this skill. Participants read several relatively lengthy arguments and identified the main claim and reasons. Experiment 1 shows that participants are not skilled at identifying key elements from…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, College Students, Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse
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
