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ERIC Number: EJ381691
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Technical Logic, Comp-Logic, and the Teaching of Writing.
Fulkerson, Richard
College Composition and Communication, v39 n4 p436-52 Dec 1988
Discusses problems with the use of "technical logic," transmuted into "comp-logic," in composition classrooms and textbooks. Maintains that students can produce more effective argumentative discourse by borrowing from either modern informal logic or neglected classical stasis theory. (SR)
Descriptors: College English, Higher Education, Logic, Logical Thinking, Persuasive Discourse, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Writing Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Thinking Skills; Toulmins Model