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]
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- 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.
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- 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
- Logic and Critical Thinking Links to an external site. - Open Course [Saylor.org] best for pulling a few concepts and exercises.
Some other resources to consider:
- Inferring and Explaining Links to an external site. [Open Textbook Library] - Contains chapters on Arguments, textual interpretation, correlations, and causation.
- The Rise of Informal Logic: Essays on Argumentation, Critical Thinking, Reasoning, and Politics Links to an external site. [the University of Windsor - best for pulling a few chapters, ideas, and exercises on logic]
- Principles of Logic and Argument Links to an external site. - A course by Valdosta State University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. It covers topics of fallacies, arguments, and symbolic logic.
- Excelsior Online Writing Lab Links to an external site.- is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-4.0 International License covers argument process, use of evidence, fallacies, and more.
- Fundamental Methods of Logic Links to an external site. - covers a variety of topics at an introductory level. Chapter One introduces basic notions, such as arguments and explanations, validity and soundness, deductive and inductive reasoning; it also covers basic analytical techniques, such as distinguishing premises from conclusions and diagramming arguments. Chapter Two discusses informal logical fallacies. Chapters Three and Four concern deductive logic and chapter Five deals with analogical and causal reasoning, including a discussion of Mill's Methods.
- Argument: Built it with care Links to an external site. - A short seminar on developing an argument and writing it.
- Ted-Ed Videos on Debate Links to an external site.