“…Research in the area of employing argumentation in classrooms has grown exponentially in the last few decades (Bathgate, Crowell, Schunn, Cannady, & Dorph, 2015;Berland & Hammer, 2012;Berland & Reiser, 2011;Erduran et al, 2004;Forbes, Biggers, & Zangori, 2013;Garcia-Mila, Gilabert, Erduran, & Felton, 2013;McNeill & Knight, 2013;Nielsen, 2012;Osborne, Simon, Christodoulou, Howell-Richardson, & Richardson, 2013;Sampson, Enderle, Grooms, & Witte, 2013;Tal, Kali, Magid, & Madhok, 2011;Zohar & Nemet, 2002). In the following, we further elaborate on two aspects: the use of representations to mediate argumentation and the use of argumentation to mediate further use of multiple representations.…”