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Peer reviewedMcCann, Thomas M. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1989
Reports a study of students' ability to write argumentative prose. Examines the knowledge students used to judge the quality of seven constructed arguments. Concludes that while older students were more effective in writing arguments, all students' judgments about arguments were similar to adults'. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 9
