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An Argument Everyone Wins
Shared learning unites teachers across schools and grade levels
By Learning Forward
Categories: Learning communities, Learning designsApril 2015
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Process for Looking at Student Argument Writing
- Name what you see without judgments.
- Describe what you think the writer is doing.
- Avoid jargon while being as specific as possible.
- Discuss and imagine next steps for this writer.
- Compare pieces and name specifically what is similar and different.
- Create continuums with clear descriptions that outline teaching moves and ideas.
References
Kuhn, D. (1992). Thinking as argument. Harvard Education Review, 62(2), 155-178.
Lunsford, A. & Ruszkiewicz, J. (2009). Everything’s an argument. New York, NY: Bedford/St. Martin’s.
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