Usos da argumentação na educação matemática: uma revisão sistemática da literatura no Ensino Superior.

This article aims to carry out a systematic review of selected literature on empirical studies into the use of argumentation in the field of Mathematics Education in higher education. To do so, we searched for articles on the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) database, more specifically in Mathematics Education journals published between 2012 and 2021. This period is justified for encompassing a decade of research published until the year immediately before the beginning of this study. After selecting and reading the articles, the following categories of analysis were identified: argumentation as a tool to analyze students' arguments, argumentation as a tool to analyze professors' arguments and argumentation as a teaching approach. The analysis was based on literature studies, mostly from the theoretical perspective of Toulmin's and Perelman's argumentation theories. The results showed three ways of using argumentation in relation to the teaching approach, investigations into the teaching of proof, assessment of the relationship between argumentation and proof and investigation into students' and professors' argumentation quality. However, we highlight that more investigations need to be carried out to assess the potential of courses focused on argumentation for higher education mathematics subjects, especially research into Perelman's approach, about which studies have been reasonably scarce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]