Content Focus The practice and protocols of integrating source evidence to support position statements during Socratic Seminars and Philosophical Chairs will be explored. Sample Item You are given the following claim: The degree of parental involvement is not to blame for youth violence. Which of the following pieces of evidence decreases the support for the claim? *A. From and “Young Depressed,” “Psychological disorders like depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, etc., affect over 3 million adolescents in this country.” B. From Alvin Poiussant of Harvard Medical School who says, have a mind of their own. They are also influenced by the “Kids outside world and by family and friends.” C. From Zeijl in a journal of our analyses leisure research, “Finally, show that juveniles experience a decreasing parental influence when they get older.” D. From Decoding Your Teenager, Michael DeSisto’s book “Once the teenage years arrive, parental controls slip away and some old sanctions no longer work.”
Content Focus The practice and protocols of integrating source evidence to support position statements during Socratic Seminars and Philosophical Chairs will be explored. Sample Item You are given the following claim: The degree of parental involvement is not to blame for youth violence. Which of the following pieces of evidence decreases the support for the claim? *A. From “Young and Depressed,” “Psychological disorders like depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, etc., affect over 3 million adolescents in this country.” B. From Alvin Poiussant of Harvard Medical School who says, “Kids have a mind of their own. They are also influenced by the outside world and by family and friends.” C. From Zeijl in a journal of leisure research, “Finally, our analyses show that juveniles experience a decreasing parental influence when they get older.” D. From Michael DeSisto’s book Decoding Your Teenager, “Once the teenage years arrive, parental controls slip away and some old sanctions no longer work.”
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