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Dialectical notebooks: a cognitive approach.

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| September 22, 2002 | Affeldt, Robert J. | COPYRIGHT 2002 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Abstract

Employing a cognitive framework, this article investigates whether it is possible to teach undergraduates how to improve their model-building skills. In contrast to readers who employed traditional invention strategies (e.g., proposition clustering and probability statements), I examine how a reader who contemplated the spatial dynamics of a scene significantly improved her ability to explore the implications of a narrative.

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For years, Ann Berthoff has provided practical advice on helping students complicate their interpretations of texts. Perhaps, her most widely employed teaching strategy is the dialectical notebook. In ...

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