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ERIC Number: EJ556420
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1911
Reconceiving Argument.
Andrews, Richard
Educational Review, v49 n3 p259-69 Nov 1997
Traces changes in the concept of argument. Results of three studies (of 5-16 year olds, of transition from high school to college, and of higher education) are used to form a working definition: arrangement of linguistic, visual, and/or physical propositions in engagement with one or more points of reference to change or assert a position. (SK)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Debate, Definitions, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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