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Peer reviewedParker, Walter C.; And Others – Social Education, 1991
Compares two instructional strategies, prompting and direct instruction, to determine which produces dialogical reasoning in written essays concerning controversial issues. Participants were 45 sixth graders. Finds both strategies equally productive and concludes that the emphasis should be on providing thought-provoking, issues-oriented social…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development
