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ERIC Number: EJ584876
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-4681
The Structure of Discussions that Promote Reasoning.
Chinn, Clark A.; Anderson, Richard C.
Teachers College Record, v100 n2 p315-68 Win 1998
Analyzes the structure of argumentative discourse produced when small groups of children discuss issues raised by stories they have read, examining the discourse from story discussions in two fourth-grade classrooms. Compares and contrasts two approaches of representing the structure of classroom arguments (the argument network and the causal network). (SM)
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Grade 4, Group Discussion, Intermediate Grades, Persuasive Discourse, Story Reading, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Argument Research; Argumentation Theory; Causal Reasoning