“…The statement, 'use of cell phones can cause tumours in the brain (claim) because such tumours often occur in people who use their cell phones frequently (reason)', may illustrate a minimum argument. In an argument schema, the claim is pivotal and all other information is organized as support (reasons), opposition (counters) or limitation (qualifiers and rebuttals) for the main claim (Britt & Larson, 2003). Good arguments are expected to avoid one-sidedness and take into account competing or conflicting perspectives (i.e., counterarguments) and the evidence that supports them (Kuhn, 1991;Reznitskaya, Kuo, Glina, & Anderson, 2009;Wolfe, Britt, & Butler, 2009).…”