tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post3993071249530930462..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: A List is Not an ArgumentJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-84720852798627664352012-07-10T04:40:59.396-05:002012-07-10T04:40:59.396-05:00This distinction is one of the keys to teaching ac...This distinction is one of the keys to teaching academic writing. Students tend to be very good at lists of points that all show that something is the case, but not good at creating a hierarchy of ideas that makes an argument out of a list. <br /><br />There's a simple test: if the order of ideas doesn't matter, it's a list. If it does, it's an argument.Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.com