Category: Argumentative Writing

Encouraging More Counterarguments in Argument Writing

7/14/2021

By Minkyung Cho and Sasha Stone

Reference: Nussbaum, E. M., Kardash, C. M., & Graham, S. E. (2005). The Effects of Goal Instructions and Text on the Generation of Counterarguments During Writing. Journal of Educational Psychology, 97(2), 157.

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Enhancing Argumentative Writing Using Strategy Instruction

6/23/2021

This is infographic focuses on ways educators can use strategy instruction to teach argument writing.

Three Levels of Reasoning Skills in Students' Argumentative Writing

3/24/2021

High-Impact Resources for Teaching Interpretation, Critique, and Argument in Social Studies

2/19/2020

By Jenell Krishnan

Developed by two members of The WRITE Center's Advisory Board, Chauncey Monte-Sano and Mary Schleppgrell, Read.Inquire.Write helps teachers improve student reading, reasoning, and writing with sources through social studies inquiry. Their free and downloadable curriculum creates a process to support secondary students' argument writing through the reading of sources and analysis of complex social and historical problems.

Teaching Arguments Book Review

11/19/2019

By Jacob Steiss

Dr. Jennifer Fletcher's recent book is a great resource for those interested in teaching their students essential skills for argument writing. Click on the cover of her book below to read a short review of her work!

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