An intelligent debater for teaching argumentation

Matthew W. Easterday

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-13437-1_24

An intelligent debater for teaching argumentation

Matthew W. Easterday

School of Education and Social Policy

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Abstract

Despite the growing number of ITSs for teaching argumentation, few tutors actually debate the student. An intelligent debater allows the student to practice argumentation and provides the motivation to analyze evidence. Here I describe an intelligent debater used in Policy World to argue with students about policy recommendations. The intelligent debater forces the student to recommend a policy intervention, to describe how the intervention affects the desired policy outcomes, and to provide evidence. The debater then attacks infeasible recommendations, implausible mechanisms, and weak evidence. Key aspects of the intelligent debater algorithm are presented for those interested in using intelligent debaters in science, law, and history.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 10th International Conference, ITS 2010, Proceedings
Pages	218-220
Number of pages	3
Edition	PART 2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13437-1_24
State	Published - Aug 27 2010
Event	10th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA, United States Duration: Jun 14 2010 → Jun 18 2010

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Number	PART 2
Volume	6095 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Other

Other	10th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2010
Country	United States
City	Pittsburgh, PA
Period	6/14/10 → 6/18/10

Keywords

Argumentation
Causal reasoning
Debate
Pedagogical agents

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
Computer Science(all)

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Easterday, M. W. (2010). An intelligent debater for teaching argumentation. In Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 10th International Conference, ITS 2010, Proceedings (PART 2 ed., pp. 218-220). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 6095 LNCS, No. PART 2). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13437-1_24

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