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MENTAL MODEL · M8064

Collaborative Argumentation

Collaborative Argumentation
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Updated 2026-08-11

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INTRODUCTION

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CORE DEFINITION

A pattern that organizes views as claim, reason, and evidence, then deepens them through iterative challenge and response. The aim is to construct warranted agreement from disagreement, not to defeat an opponent. Toulmin's model of argument supplies the underlying structure of claim, grounds, and warrant. Collaborative argumentation covenants and collaborative argumentation frameworks are the same concept.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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- Claim mapping: state the claim first, then attach the reasons and evidence that support it. - Challenge round: invite others to raise counterexamples and objections to each claim. - Consensus check: revise the claim until agreement rests on evidence rather than on status.

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Organizing views as claim, reason, and evidence gives arguments a shared structure. Iterative challenge and response deepen each position, and the goal becomes constructing warranted consensus from disagreement instead of defeating an opponent.

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