I argue in this dissertation that our North American educational institutions are obligated to formally attend to the inherent pervasiveness and complexities of rhetoric in preparing students to be fully-participating members of democratic society. The definition of rhetoric rel…
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This dissertation is an analysis of the development of dialectic and argumentation theory in post-classical Islamic intellectual history. The central concerns of the thesis are; treatises on the theoretical understanding of the concept of dialectic and argumentation theory, and …
In an effort to provide more weight to the particle nature of light, a lesson sequence was developed that reflected the Next Generation Science Standard (NGSS) Performance Expectation (PE) HS-PS4-3, which has students evaluating the claim, evidence, and reasoning behind the idea…
The dialectical method refers to the scholarly investigation of a subject through argumentation between two opponents. In the early centuries of Islam, dialectics constituted the method in the disciplines of theology, law and linguistics until its validity was challenged by the …
Recent research into the Apocalypse of John has made it clear that John did not primarily write the Apocalypse in order to provide a detailed time-table of events that would unfold thousands of years in the future. Instead, John wrote to affect and move his hearers at the end of…
This study examined low and high level teachers' questioning patterns and classroom implementations within an argument-based inquiry approach known as the Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) approach, which addresses issues on negotiation, argumentation, learning, and teaching. The …
This study investigated how students use knowledge and strategies from their out-of-school environments to construct knowledge and solve problems during scientific experimentation. In addition this study aimed to develop a methodology for understanding students' reasoning proces…
Argumentation is a key practice in many disciplines and, as such, is emphasized as an important skill in K-12 education. Despite its relevance to all content areas, little is known about how the same students engage in argumentation in different contexts. Furthermore, there is l…
Chaim Perelman's rhetorical theory, as outlined in his major works, The New Rhetoric: A Treatise on Argumentation and The Realm of Rhetoric, is grounded in his conception of argumentation as a “non-formal” or “practical” discourse that correlates to Aristotle's concept of dialec…
We are frequently confronted with arguments. Arguments are attempts to persuade us ' to influence our beliefs and actions ' by giving us reasons to believe this or that. Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide will equip students with the concepts and techniques used in the identific…
