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Kialo na well-known argument-mapping and debate site, with free version for classrooms, Kialo Edu. Discussion dey start from one thesis; pipo dey add pro and con claims under am, and each claim fit get im own pros and cons, and e go form tree. Pipo dey use am well-well to teach critical thinking.
Dem build True Causes for root cause analysis: plenti problems, and which of dem dey affect which. One of im oda kain map, Claims and reasons, dey map argument with di same method. Evribodi dey write claims on dia own; di group dey judge, one pair at a time, whether one claim dey give reason to accept anoda one; dem dey keep link at three quarters of di votes. Di result na network instead of tree: one claim fit support plenti oda ones, and di base claims wey di argument stand on dey come out for di root.
| Kialo | True Causes | |
|---|---|---|
| Question wey e dey answer | Wetin be di arguments for and against dis thesis? | Which claims be reasons for which, and wetin di argument stand on? Or, for im main use, wetin dey cause wetin? |
| Wetin pipo dey do | Add pro and con claims under thesis, and under each oda claims | Evribodi dey write claims alone; den di group dey judge one pair at a time: dis claim dey give reason to accept dat one? |
| Wetin dey comot | Tree of arguments under one thesis | Map of reasons with di base claims for di root, or map of causes with di deepest first, and evri disagreement wey still dey on am |
| Objections | Con claim, wey dem file under di claim wey e oppose | Claim on im own, wey dem judge like any oda one |
| How point dey count | Participants dey rate claims | Link dey count at three quarters of di votes wey dem cast; dem dey publish divide as argument |
| Size | One shared discussion wey dey grow as pipo dey add to am | Plenti small rooms for one question, each one dey judge on im own, and dem dey fold dia maps into one |
| Wetin pipo know am for | Debate and teaching of critical thinking | Root cause analysis by di whole group |
| Cost | Free, including for teachers | Free up to 100 pipo for each room; nonprofits free if dem approve; paid plans for organisations |
| Names | Contributions without name dey available for Kialo Edu | Nobodi get name inside room |
| Private discussions | Private debates for students wey dem invite | Private, not listed or public rooms; dem fit hold di results until one date |
| Discussion | One chat box for each debate | Short side discussion beside each card and each pair |
| Sources | Claims fit link sources | Cards wey dem overlook wey source dey back fit take places wey dem keep for di shortlist |
| Analytics | Voting statistics for class level | Di vote counts of evri pair wey dem judge, wey you fit download |
Wen you want make di reasons for and against one thesis dey laid out side by side: class debate, public discussion wey dey grow over weeks, to teach pipo how to separate claims from evidence.
Wen di group must decide which claims really hold, no be only to list dem: dem dey vote on each link, and divide dey stay for di map as divide. Choose Claims and reasons for argument about one proposition, and di default kain map, Wetin dey block, wen no single thesis dey, only situation wey get plenti problems and di question of which ones dey drive di oda ones. Becos rooms for one question dey fold enter one map, plenti small groups fit work through di same argument at once. True Causes also get small logic checker for di moment wen argument depend on whether one reason really follow from anoda one.
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