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List, Alexandra; Du, Hongcui; Lyu, Bailing – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2022
This study examines three core processes in undergraduates' reasoning about four different evidence types (i.e., anecdotal, observational, correlational, and causal). In particular, we examine undergraduates' processes of evidence identification, evaluation, and selection of evidence to include in writing and how these manifest across different…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Evaluative Thinking, Evidence, Persuasive Discourse
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Nussbaum, E. Michael – Educational Psychologist, 2021
Collaborative argumentation in education, where students work together to construct and critique arguments, is an important social practice in many disciplines and can also develop conceptual understanding. This article addresses the evolution of my research agenda on collaborative argumentation from just scaffolding the generation of…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Logical Thinking, Evaluative Thinking, Persuasive Discourse
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Gal, Iddo; Geiger, Vince – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2022
In this article, we report on a typology of the demands of statistical and mathematical products (StaMPs) embedded in media items related to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The typology emerged from a content analysis of a large purposive sample of diverse media items selected from digital news sources based in four countries. The findings…
Descriptors: News Media, News Reporting, COVID-19, Pandemics
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers