Developing Dialogic Argumentation Skills: A 3-year Intervention Study

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 363-381

  Crowell, Amanda ^a   Kuhn, Deanna ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGUMENTATION SKILL; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84899716995     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: 15327647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2012.725187     Document Type: Article

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