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Biggers, Thompson – 1982
Student congress is a speech activity in which students act as a legislative assembly, write and debate bills, and learn parliamentary procedure. It allows the teacher to make points about advocacy, ethics in persuasion, contemporary issues, and the workings of a democracy at the same time that students develop a feeling of control and mastery,…
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Parliamentary Procedures, Persuasive Discourse, Secondary Education
