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Leitao, Selma – Written Communication, 2003
This article investigates children's evaluation/selection of ideas in writing-related tasks. The critical dimension being considered was to what extent the communicative goal that defines argumentation establishes basic criteria with which children decide whether to include counterargument in a text. Data analysis focused on participants'…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Data Analysis, Rhetoric, Writing Assignments