Cultural differences in justificatory reasoning

Educational Review

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-76

  Soong, Hannah ^a   Lee, Richard ^a   John, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b TAYLOR S UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

argumentation scale; collectivism; culture; individualism; justificatory reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855890799     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2011.571764     Document Type: Article

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