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Christian Tarchi; Ruth Villalón; Nina Vandermeulen; Lidia Casado-Ledesma; Anna Paola Fallaci – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
In university settings, writing argumentative essays from reading conflicting source texts is a common task for students. In performing this synthesis task, they must deal with conflicting claims about a controversial issue as they develop their own positions. Argumentative synthesis is characterized by writers' back-and-forth moves between…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Persuasive Discourse, Essays, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
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Karemaker, Arjette M.; Pitchford, Nicola J.; O'Malley, Claire – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2010
This study examined the extent to which multimedia features of typical literacy learning software provide added benefits for developing literacy skills compared with typical whole-class teaching methods. The effectiveness of the multimedia software Oxford Reading Tree (ORT) for Clicker in supporting early literacy acquisition was investigated…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Multimedia Materials, Sight Method, Reading Instruction