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Batie, Ralph – 1992
Beliefs about distinct differences between expressive and academic discourse unnecessarily complicate the teaching of writing. A composition pedagogy which fails to attend to the complications arising from the rhetorical aspect of language leads to the promotion of reasoning as separable from context. Reasoning then becomes a skill to be learned…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, College English, Critical Thinking, Discourse Communities
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Direct linkLuebeck, Jennifer L.; Bice, Lawrence R. – Journal of Distance Education, 2005
This study examines the extent to which conceptual change is stimulated and achieved through online discussion in the context of an online graduate course. Transcripts of discussions among 15 graduate students studying assessment issues in mathematics and science education were analyzed using an interaction analysis model developed to assess…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Computer Mediated Communication, Content Analysis, Science Teachers
