Developing Argument Balance Score Sheet as a learning portfolio for fostering argumentative abilities in argument education

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25750094
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: Fukuoka Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Nakano Mika 福岡工業大学, 工学部, 准教授 (60452819)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 議論 / 高等教育 / 評価 / ポートフォリオ / コミュニケーション / 学習コミュニティ / 学士課程 / 熟達化過程

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims at developing an evaluation system called Argument Balance Score Sheet as a learning portfolio for fostering argumentative abilities in argument education to enhance the international standards of students’ argumentative abilities. A series of studies reveal the following four factors as important for fostering argumentative abilities: (1) value, (2) learning environment, (3) curriculum, and (4) teacher’s attitude toward teaching; these factors enable to maximize the effect of argument education regardless of the students’ motivation. These outcomes were not only published in the book and journals but also developed for e-learning educational materials, a manual for teaching, which leads to the formation of a community for practicing argumentative skills.

Free Research Field

教育工学　教育心理学　コミュニケーション学　工学教育