Describes how two elementary teachers used closed circuit television to promote debate skills among their students. The topic debated was the right of teachers and principals to search a student's desk if a suspicious situation exists. (JDH)

Notes that the traditional conception of the debate resolution is held responsible for decreasing participation in academic debate, declining quality of argumentation, and the frustrating proliferation of "squirrel" cases. Discusses alternatives. Contends that reasonability continues to be the best standard for evaluating topicality…

Based on his participation in two collegiate debate tours of Great Britain, the author reexamines the philosophies and types of British debate activities, offers recommendations for the SCA international debate program, and considers implications of the British system for American debate. (PD)

Describes the Boston College public debate program, the changes Daniel Rohrer instituted, and the benefits of a public debate program to the college and to the debate community in general. (PD)

Responds that hypothesis testing is not a formula for judging debates but an attempt to model the nature of argumentation itself. Addresses criticisms of hypothesis testing and the role of paradigms in argumentation theory and practice. (PD)

Concludes that (1) the artificially high standards of hypothesis testing cannot be met by advocates who try to apply the paradigm in debate and (2) the values claimed for hypothesis testing can be achieved in other ways. (PD)

Analyzes audience response to reveal what people mean when they report that a particular presidential candidate "won" a debate. Argues that, without explicit reference to decision criteria, surveys attempting to discover viewers' perceptions of a debate will be misleading. (PD)

Not a call for the abolition of competitive debate, but a suggestion that coaches refuse to allow their teams to overlimit topics, and judges vote against the team which is guilty of unrealistic analysis. (Author/MB)

The author presents data compiled from answers to questionnaires concerning extra-curricular speech in High Schools. Analysis of the questionnaires indicates that cross-examination debating is most popular as a form of debate and that debate and/or forensic contests are the most popular method of school participation (Author/MS)

Students debating in a controversial scientific issue were asked to defend the position opposite to that which they initially held. The technique produced much student involvement and exposed students to the professional literature. (AL)

College students enrolled in a senior level political science seminar were assigned to read books and then write essays that uncovered one critical flaw in the work. The class was divided into teams to debate the value of the critiques. A mock trial format was used for the debates. (RM)

Looks at incrementalism as a means of revitalizing the role of inherency arguments in modern debate. (PD)

Survey results revealed a curious paradox: people who saw both the debates between local candidates and the presidential debates were more influenced by the local debates and perceived the local debates as more informative; however, they also saw the presidential debates as more interesting and influential. (PD)

Discusses the concomitant advantages case in academic debate. Examines the distinction between concomitant and comparative advantages and the implications of this distinction for concomitant advantages as a form of argument. (PD)