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There are certain problems inherent in teaching in controversial domains. In this paper, we present a prototype of an intelligent tutoring system called OLIA which addresses some of these problems. We focus here on OLIA's Devil's advocate strategy which is a method for teaching through a debate between the user and the system.
This paper takes advantage of existing work using a meta-level argumentation framework for knowledge representation in controversial domains. In this framework statements are linked by primitive relations such as disagreement, equivalence and justification, and higher order meta-level ones such as counter-arguments and corroborations. We investigate the use of this framework as the basis for the OLIA system.
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Retails, S., Pain, H., Haggith, M. (1996). Arguing with the Devil: Teaching in controversial Domains. In: Frasson, C., Gauthier, G., Lesgold, A. (eds) Intelligent Tutoring Systems. ITS 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1086. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61327-7_166
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