Is this the right room for an argument? The effects of an internet-based argumentation intervention on aspects of self-regulated learning and critical thinking in young adolescents

Thesis

The importance of developing learners’ self-regulated learning and critical thinking has captured the attention of researchers in recent decades. But interventions that are effective in developing such skills are scarce in the English school context.

This study reports on the creation, design, implementation, piloting and evaluation of such an intervention - a four-week internet-based extra-curricular critical thinking course, Is this the right room for an argument? Designe...

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Authors: Milburn-Curtis, C; Coral Milburn-Curtis

• Publication date: 2014
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-yqb6py7yj
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: Critical thinking; intervention; self-regulated learning
• Subjects: Education