Counterargumentation and the cultivation of critical thinking in argumentative writing: Investigating washback from a high-stakes test

Arts and Humanities

• Argumentative writing 100%
• Critical Thinking 100%
• High-stakes 100%
• Washback 100%
• Prompts 60%
• Rubrics 60%
• Experimental group 40%
• Classroom 40%
• Control Group 40%
• Scripts 20%
• Mainland China 20%
• China 20%
• posttests 20%
• Writing pedagogy 20%
• Counterargument 20%
• rebuttal 20%
• Argumentation 20%
• Efficacy 20%
• Text Analysis 20%
• Neglect 20%

Keyphrases

• Argumentative Writing 100%
• High-stakes Testing 100%
• Counterargument 100%
• Washback 100%
• Writing Prompts 42%
• Writing Rubrics 28%
• Argumentative Essay 28%
• Classroom Instruction 28%
• China 14%
• Copyright 14%
• High Stakes 14%
• Mainland China 14%
• Chinese Universities 14%
• Language Testing 14%
• Writing Pedagogy 14%
• Rebuttal 14%
• Backwater Effect 14%
• Persuasiveness 14%
• Counterarguing 14%
• Overall Scores 14%
• Text Analysis 14%