Summary: B. Woolf et al. (Eds.): ITS 2008, LNCS 5091, pp. 90­100, 2008.
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Re-evaluating LARGO in the Classroom: Are Diagrams
Better Than Text for Teaching Argumentation Skills?
Niels Pinkwart1
, Collin Lynch2
, Kevin Ashley3
, and Vincent Aleven4
1
Clausthal University of Technology, Department of Informatics, Germany
2
University of Pittsburgh, Intelligent Systems Program, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
3
University of Pittsburgh, Learning Research and Development Center,
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
4
Carnegie Mellon University, HCI Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract. Diagrams appear to be a convenient vehicle for teaching argumenta-
tion skills in ill-defined domains, but can an ITS provide useful feedback on
students' argument diagrams without assuming a well-defined procedure for

Source: Aleven, Vincent - Human Computer Interaction Institute, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

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