Measuring argumentative reasoning: What's behind the numbers?

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-224

  Reznitskaya, Alina ^a   Kuo, Li jen ^b   Glina, Monica ^a   Anderson, Richard C ^c  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative assessment; Argumentation; Reliability; Scoring rubrics; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249164438     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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