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FROM THE EDITOR 

In this second issue of the Teaching Supplement Douglas Walton shares some of his 
innovative ideas and approaches based on his many years of experience. Ron Leonard 
describes how to use the physical model of a thermometer to test in a very novel way 
the validity of conditional arguments. 

Claude Gratton 

Teaching Supplement Editor 

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tions) ; notices of resources: upcoming conferences, workshops, other journals with 
useful material; ideas about faculty training or peer coaching; etc.-to (or contact): 

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