Students Critical Thinking Skills in a Classroom Debate

Reli Handayani

doi:10.24071/llt.v19i2.307

Students Critical Thinking Skills in a Classroom Debate

Reli Handayani^(1*),

(1) University of Jambi
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

Mastering argumentative discourse both in written and oral is a must for students nowadays. However, a successful argumentative discourse requires high thinking order skill such as developing a stance, analyzing arguments, distinguishing facts and opinions, solving problems, comparing and contrasting material, and making inferences. Realizing the importance roles of critical thinking in constructing argumentative discourse, this study focuses on students performance in debate specifically argument, counter-argument, and rebuttals. They are chosen since they are always taken into consideration in assessing students debate performance.

Keywords

critical thinking, assessment, debate

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24071/llt.v19i2.307