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work_u6dj7id6tfdz3pmr2ublsld374	David W. Johnson	Constructive Controversy:The Educative Power of Intellectual Conflict	2000.0	11	.pdf	application/pdf	5790	770	64	Controversy: The Educative Power of Intellectual Conflict , Change: The Magazine of Higher students work together in small groups to develop a report on an assigned topic, for example) with structured intellectual conflict (in which students argue the pro and con positions on an issue in order to stimulate problemsolving and reasoned judgment). it, discuss it in a group, or engage in a constructive controversy. synthesizes both positions and represents students' best reasoned judgment. Instructors who do engage students in academic controversy on a consistent basis have research, we compared constructive controversy with debate (in which students present In controversy classrooms, students tended to use Students participating in a controversy a) learn the opposing perspective do students participating in concurrence-seeking, debates, or individualistic learning. participating in a controversy had more positive attitudes toward the class and the instructional experience than did students engaged in 	./cache/work_u6dj7id6tfdz3pmr2ublsld374.pdf	./txt/work_u6dj7id6tfdz3pmr2ublsld374.txt