The power of in-class debates

By Ruth R. Kennedy. 2009

122 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Education, Social Psychology

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/830e18ca58016d653837a34fa5e37e224d9fca55

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In Education

1. G. Wright
2. Pezhman Zare
3. Moomala Othman

In Social Psychology

1. G. Wright
2. Pezhman Zare
3. Moomala Othman

Citations in the corpus

• Student-Centered Learning in Higher Education (2011, background): “Kennedy (2009) found that after participation in a debate, positive rating of the experience as an instructional strategy increased from approximately 75% to about 85%, including among students who were initially reticent to participate; interestingly, both before and after the debate male students…”
• Students' Perceptions toward Using Classroom Debate to Develop Critical Thinking and Oral Communication Ability (2015, background): “On the other hand, many experts and researchers (Moomala, Faizah, & Amiri, 2013; Doody & Condon, 2012; Yang & Rusli, 2012; Hall, 2011; Rear, 2010; Kennedy, 2009, 2007; Darby, 2007; Tumposky, 2004) agree that classroom debate is an approach which involves learners in the learning process, give them…”