Improving students' evaluation of informal arguments

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-366

  Larson, Aaron A ^a   Britt, M Anne ^a   Kurby, Christopher A ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Argument evaluation; Argument structure; Argumentation; Claim predicates; Immediate feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649526078     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JEXE.77.4.339-366     Document Type: Article

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