Research examining students’ historical reasoning has heavily relied on evidence in the form of students’ written work to make claims about students’ ability to reason historically and have argued that the document-based history essay holds the most promise for assessing student…
The Supreme Court of the United States often finds itself at the center of political controversies due to the increased judicialization of value and policy matters. These controversies threaten the Court’s authority. This dissertation examines the argument strategies that the Co…
During the middle grades, children typically first encounter discipline-specific instruction delegated to specialist teachers, and teachers incorporate “close reading” of increasingly complex texts to achieve the goal of preparing students for what they will encounter in seconda…
Abbasid society in ninth-century Iraq faced the challenge of reconciling the role of its many non-Muslim citizens with Islamic norms and governance, as seen in ¿The Refutation of Christians¿ by al-Jahiz (d. 868/869 [255 A.H.]). Al-Jahiz moved in circles only one step removed fro…
Cette recherche veut mettre en évidence le rôle des marqueurs de relation dans la maîtrise de la langue écrite chez les élèves sourds, malentendants et entendants. Ces élèves ont été comparés du point de vue de leur aptitude au raisonnement propositionnel (niveau piagétien), de …
This thesis puts forward a strong argument for why more up-to-date interactional research is needed into disputes and why disciplines, methodological approaches and theories should come second to the phenomenon. This thesis investigates how people behave in disputes. Disputes ar…
One of the most difficult things students within higher education have to learn is how to argue. Packed with exercises, examples and case studies, this book aims to address this problem