議論文是一種說服讀者的寫作文體，論證是議論文章的主要支架，而且，論證是一種可以理解議題並揭示議題重要性的方法，議論文對大多數人是非常困難的文體，需要高階的思考技巧才能閱讀或撰寫議論文。在台灣，學生們開始在小學五年級或六年級學習議論文；然而，在中文課程中，議論文的比例相對較低。教師可能沒有足夠的時間讓學生熟悉議論文與如何產生完整的論證；因此，學生很難寫出含有完整論證的議論文。證據表明，圖形組織，如概念圖和議論圖，可以幫助學生培養更好的論證能力並建立良好的論證結構。在這項研究中，我們設計了「數位化輔助議論文論證系統」，幫助學生學習論證結構，提高他們的論證能力。這項研究對新北市一所小學的學生進行了為期一個學年的實驗，第一個學期為閱讀實驗，第二個學期為寫作實驗，共有14個班（356名學生）。在第二個學期中，我們將所有班級分為四組：兩種類型的議論圖寫作組（已學習過議論圖的學生與剛學習議論圖的學生），概念圖寫作組和一般傳統寫作組，並探討每一組的學生在提高議論文寫作能力方面與在建立論證能力方面的差異性。實驗結果表明，議論圖寫作組學生的議論文寫作成效主要原因為駁反對論證的優於其他組別，因此議論圖寫作組學生的議論文寫作成效最佳（Mean =82.4，P=0.02），另外，從練習過程分析，議論圖寫作組學生的議論能力成長優於其他組別。

Argumentation is a method used to understand issues and reveal the importance of issues. The argumentative essay has difficult to most people. In Taiwan, students start to learn argumentative essays at their fifth or sixth grade in elementary schools; however, the proportion of argumentative essays is relatively low in Chinese course. Teachers may not have enough time to teach argumentative essays in depth, and students are less familiar with these essays; therefore, it is difficult for students to produce a piece of good argumentative writing. Evidence indicates that graphic organization, such as concept maps and argument maps, could help students develop better argumentation ability) and build good argumentative structures. In this study, we designed the “computer-aided argumentative essay writing system” to help students learn structures of argumentation to enhance their argumentation ability. This study conducted an experiment on students in an elementary school in New Taipei City for one semester. There were 14 classes (356 students) in total, and we divided them into four groups: two type of the argument map writing group (already learning and just learning), the concept map writing group, and the traditional argumentative writing group. The experimental results showed that the argumentative essays of the students in the argument map writing group were better than those written by students in the other two groups.

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