COMM 120: Argumentation or Argumentation & Debate

CID Descriptor: 

Links to an external site.COMM 120: Argumentation or Argumentation & Debate Links to an external site.

Are you aware of additional resources for COMM 120? If so, please contact Shagun Kaur.

OERI Textbooks

The first edition of Arguing Using Critical Thinking  Links to an external site.a 12-chapter OER text- equivalent for Argumentation and Debate (C-ID COMM 120) by Jim Marteney has just been published, with assistance from an ASCCC-OERI grant. Canvas course shell with test banks now also available.

How Arguments Work Links to an external site.: A New OER textbook for Argumentative Writing and Critical Thinking (C-ID English 105) by Anna Mills has just been published, with assistance from an ASCCC-OERI grant.

  • Ancillaries under development and will be ready by Spring 2021

Others

1.  Popular Option: Links to an external site.Logical Reasoning Links to an external site. [Bradley Dowden, CSU Sacramento]

    • Chapter summaries, glossary, exercises after each chapter
    • Concept checks provided mid-chapter

2. Strong second: Logic and Critical Thinking Links to an external site. [Collected and Edited by Dr. Levin and Dr. Shelley, Golden West College] Due to licenses that apply to certain sections of this book, it is safest to presume this work as a whole to be under a CC-BY-NC-ND license. 

3. Influencing Through Argument Links to an external site.

    • Written by University of Vermont debate coaches/professors
    • Exercises provided after each chapter

4.   Links to an external site.The (In)Credible Argument Links to an external site. [Pressbooks]

5.  A Concise Introduction to Logic Links to an external site.Available in HTML and PDF format and best for pulling a few modules/chapters

OER Courses

Some other resources to consider: