The nature and development of argumentative skills in children: Current research

• Authors: Rytel Jolanta
• Languages of publication: EN

Keywords

EN

argument; argumentation; children's argumentative skills

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Retoryczne
• Journal: Res Rhetorica
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 15-26

Dates

published

2014-11

Contributors

author

Rytel Jolanta

• Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego, Instytut Psychologii

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Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.17380/rr.v1i1.8