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Reflective Judgment in Debate: Or, The End of "Critical Thinking" as the Goal of Educational Debate.
Download full textDowling, Ralph E. – 1989
Recurring pressures for fiscal restraint threaten the existence of educational programs, such as competitive debate, which are not publicly perceived to produce worthwhile outcomes. Since debate is misunderstood and expensive, its advocates must be prepared to provide solid evidence of its benefits. Unfortunately, methodological weaknesses in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Debate, Higher Education
Brownlee, Don – 1985
A number of college students in forensic debate may be deterred from debating broad topics due to a lack of appropriate cognitive development and a perception of unacceptable certainty. These students have failed to develop formal thinking patterns because they lack reinforcing experiences in reasoning at that level. A sequenced pattern of…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Communication Problems
