The Toulmin Model of Argumentation and Graduation Rates

This paper discusses a possible solution to low graduation rates in higher education, and particularly postgraduate students, given that for every 10 students that complete their course programs in Mexican higher education institutions, only 2.9 graduate. There are a number of reasons for this, nota...

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Autores: Stincer Gómez, Dení, Blum Grynberg, Bertha
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:México
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional de la UABCS
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorioinstitucional.uabc.mx:20.500.12930/6259
Acceso en línea:https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/1331
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Modelo argumentivo
Toulmin
eficiencia
tesis
posgrado.
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Sumario:This paper discusses a possible solution to low graduation rates in higher education, and particularly postgraduate students, given that for every 10 students that complete their course programs in Mexican higher education institutions, only 2.9 graduate. There are a number of reasons for this, notably student inconsistency and a lack of support from institutions. A thesis is an argumentative discourse that requires systematic intellectual support based on models of this nature. Toulmin’s heuristic model of argumentation was chosen in order to organize, around a subject of research, mental representations that are, at the outset, disorganized and vague. The experience with four classes in a residency of the master’s program in the School of Psychology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and analysis of student graduation from 2012 to 2015, produce a promising model for increasing graduation rates.