A method for revealing structures of argumentations in classroom proving processes

Abstract

Proving processes in classrooms follow their own peculiar rationale. Reconstructing structures of argumentations in these processes reveals elements of this rationale. This article provides theoretical and methodological tools to reconstruct argumentation structures in proving processes and to shed light to their rationale. Toulmin's functional model of argumentation is used for reconstructing local arguments, and it is extended to provide a 'global' model of argumentation for reconstructing proving processes in the classroom. © FIZ Karlsruhe 2008.