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Direct linkWolfe, Michael B.; Kurby, Christopher A. – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2017
We examined subjects' ability to judge the soundness of informal arguments. The argument claims matched or did not match subject beliefs. In all experiments subjects indicated beliefs about spanking and television violence in a prescreening. Subjects read one-sentence arguments consisting of a claim followed by a reason and then judged the…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Beliefs, Validity, Abstract Reasoning
List, Alexandra; Alexander, Patricia A.; Stephens, Lori A. – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2017
Three indicators of undergraduate students' (n = 197) source evaluation were investigated as students completed an academic task requiring the use of multiple texts. The source evaluation metrics examined were students' (1) accessing of document information, (2) trustworthiness ratings, and (3) citation in written responses. All three indicators…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Evaluation Methods, Information Sources, Credibility
