I can attest to using asynchronous debates to strengthen to students' reasoning and critical thinking skills. The attached shows the process and results.

Many thanks,

Debra

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Thank you both for your answer. The articles you send are very interesting in the light of the question. We know that WM training alone does not appear to improve far transfer reasoning. reasoning strategy training appears to do that. So, any thought on combined training programs (WM+reasoning strategy training) to further improve reasoning compared to stand alone (WM capacity or reasoning strategy training?)

Dear Harshvardhan,

Thank you so much for the references, including one of my own articles. So, we know that WM+reasoning strategy training can be used to improve children's reasoning skills (see also: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309397868_Combined_Working_Memory_capacity_and_reasoning_strategy_training_improves_reasoning_skills_in_secondary_social_studies_education_evidence_from_an_experimental_study)

BBut is there any neurological evidence to support this claim?

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