Despite the early emergence of oral argumentation, written argumentation is slow to
develop, insensitive to alternative perspectives, and generally of poor quality. These findings …

Scientific literacy requires students to generalise their scientific understanding to contexts
beyond the classroom and engage in effective communication. An interdisciplinary …

This study examined the relationships between writing anxiety, writing self-efficacy, and
perceived use of revision strategies in high school students with different achievement goals …

To argue tactfully is a goal in argumentative writing, which entails balanced argumentation
schema. Although computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) has been widely …

Given evidence that adolescent students' motivation to read and write about literature
declines with age, we proffer an approach called dialogic literary argumentation (DLA) that …

LS Vygotsky and English in Education and the Language Arts focuses on the hugely
significant contributions of LS Vygotsky to research, theory, and practice in English and the …

The present study explores the status of argumentative essay writing strategy use and
identifies the problems a convenient sample of Iranian EFL learners face while writing …

This study explores one teacher's instructional method for teaching life sciences using
argumentation and argumentative writing rather than simple templates for writing claims and …

To develop strong disciplinary literacy skills, middle and high school students need to
engage with diverse types of challenging texts in every content area. This book provides a …

The study was designed to compare syntactic properties and mental state language (MSL)
used in narrative stories and persuasive essays written by 162 children attending the third …