Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Publication Title

International Journal of Educational Research

First Page

1

Keywords

Argumentation theory, Artificial intelligence, Argument maps, Diagramming tools, Assessment, Fallacies, Educatio

Last Page

11

Abstract

The use of argument diagrams to foster argumentation has been an object of research in education, as a way to support students' argumentative interaction and, potentially learning. In this paper it is shown how argument analysis and evaluation assisted by means of argument diagramming tools, further developed in artificial intelligence (AI), can also support the assessment of argumentation skills in the classroom. A case study is presented to show how informal logic contributions on fallacies, in particular, can be combined with the data of an argument-diagramming task, to form a method of assessing students' weaknesses in reasoning about everyday issues using argument maps. Our contribution is mainly methodological, as we suggest an application of AI and argumentation theories in education

DOI

10.1016/j.ijer.2016.03.002

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