A dialogic approach to argumentation: Using a chat room to develop early adolescent students' argumentative writing

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-157

  Morgan, Wendy ^a   Beaumont, Glenn ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Woodcrest College

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