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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Debates and debating"”.
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The place of the non-logical proofs in contemporary American debate textbooks
… (M.A.)--Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of Speech, Dramatics, and Radio Education, 1953
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A survey and analysis of the attitudes and experience of the high school debaters attending the Baylor Debaters' Workshop - August, 1975.
This study is a survey of the attitudes and experience of the high school debaters participating in the second session of the Baylor University summer debate institute in August of 1975. An investigation revealed that no similar study has been made concerning summer institutes. A questionnaire …
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History and analysis of intercollegiate debating in America.
This thesis consists of a history of debating in American colleges and universities and an analysis of the principles of logical proof and refutation in two intercollegiate debates. Debating began in China about 3,000 years ago and has continued in every civilized country until the present. In the …
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A history and analysis of legislative debating in the United States.
This study develops the history of legislative debating in the United States and analyzes logical proof and refutation in two representative debates. Chapter I defines the role of debate in American legislative history. The importance, changes, and future of legislative debating are discussed. …
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The forensic Burke: A for(u)mative member of the parlor
… of Kenneth Burke, a leading rhetorical theorist and critic of the twentieth century. After investigating this previously unexamined area, I argue that Burke’s competitive forensics experiences pivotally informed his rhetorical schema. Theoretically guided by Burke’s pivotal term <em>the …
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An analysis of the legislative debate on the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.
… of the research was upon isolating, describing, and analyzing the arguments and evidence advanced by the advocates of both the Owen Amendments and the Hitchcock Report debated in the United States Senate. A study was made of the specific economic, social, and political forces of 1913 which …
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A study of the relationship between dogmatism and ethos
<p>William Brigance in his Speech, Its Techniques and Disciplines in a Free Society reports the German psychologist Zillig’s experiment wherein ten pupils were apparently selected at random, placed in front of their classmates, and asked to follow simple instructions, i.e., “Raise your right …
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Assessment of a Three-Year Argument Skill Development Curriculum
… increased use of direct counterargument and improved argument evaluation skill. A total of 56 students in two classes participated twice a week for three years (grades 6, 7, and 8) as part of their regular school curriculum. Students attended an urban middle school affiliated with a large …
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The effects of debater styles on audiences during televised political debates
… The study used three separate gubernatorial debates with identical questionnaires attached to determine the behavioral traits viewers found most appealing in state level political candidates during organized, televised events. The author acknowledges that many studies of this nature are …