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As children develop conversational skills such as taking turns and openly listening to ideas, they often experience conflicts and inequity within collaborative dialogue f...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
As children develop conversational skills such as taking turns and openly listening to ideas, they often experience conflicts and inequity within collaborative dialogue for learning. Previous research suggests that increasing children's awareness about their own behaviors during collaboration may help them adjust their behaviors and become better partners. Despite this promise, there are currently no educational technologies designed to support children in visualizing and reflecting on their collaborative dialogues. This article reports on an application that generates interactive visualizations of children's dialogue illustrating their word counts, questions counts and types, dialogue content, keywords from their dialogue, and a video recording of their interaction. We evaluated the application by conducting a study with 20 children who were completing computer science (block-based coding) tasks collaboratively and examined how they changed their dialogues in a subsequent dialogue after interacting with the visualizations of their dialogues. Results show that after viewing their dialogue visualizations, children engaged in more balanced dialogues and that less-engaged students talked more and asked more questions. This article provides evidence that dialogue visualization tools have a great potential for supporting young learners as they deeply think about their own dialogue and improve their collaborative behaviors.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies ( Volume: 15, Issue: 4, 01 August 2022)
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Computer and Information Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Mehmet Celepkolu received the M.S. degree in computer engineering and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, in 2014 and 2020, respectively.
He is currently a Research Scientist with the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department, University of Florida. His research interests include artificial intelligence and human–computer interaction with an emphasis ...Show More
Mehmet Celepkolu received the M.S. degree in computer engineering and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, in 2014 and 2020, respectively.
He is currently a Research Scientist with the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department, University of Florida. His research interests include artificial intelligence and human–computer interaction with an emphasis ...View more

Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Aisha Chung Galdo is currently working toward the B.S. degree in accounting and the M.S. degree in information systems (combined degree) with the Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Her research interest includes middle school computer science education.
Aisha Chung Galdo is currently working toward the B.S. degree in accounting and the M.S. degree in information systems (combined degree) with the Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Her research interest includes middle school computer science education.View more

Computer and Information Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Kristy Elizabeth Boyer received the M.S. degree in applied statistics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, in 2000, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, in 2010.
She is currently a Professor of Computer and Information Science and Engineering with the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Her work in computer science education spans K...Show More
Kristy Elizabeth Boyer received the M.S. degree in applied statistics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, in 2000, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, in 2010.
She is currently a Professor of Computer and Information Science and Engineering with the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Her work in computer science education spans K...View more

Computer and Information Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Mehmet Celepkolu received the M.S. degree in computer engineering and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, in 2014 and 2020, respectively.
He is currently a Research Scientist with the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department, University of Florida. His research interests include artificial intelligence and human–computer interaction with an emphasis on natural language processing applications in education.
Mehmet Celepkolu received the M.S. degree in computer engineering and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, in 2014 and 2020, respectively.
He is currently a Research Scientist with the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department, University of Florida. His research interests include artificial intelligence and human–computer interaction with an emphasis on natural language processing applications in education.View more

Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Aisha Chung Galdo is currently working toward the B.S. degree in accounting and the M.S. degree in information systems (combined degree) with the Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Her research interest includes middle school computer science education.
Aisha Chung Galdo is currently working toward the B.S. degree in accounting and the M.S. degree in information systems (combined degree) with the Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Her research interest includes middle school computer science education.View more

Computer and Information Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Kristy Elizabeth Boyer received the M.S. degree in applied statistics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, in 2000, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, in 2010.
She is currently a Professor of Computer and Information Science and Engineering with the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Her work in computer science education spans K-12 and postsecondary contexts through game-based learning and intelligent learning environments. Her research interest includes dialogue for teaching and learning, including tutorial dialogue and computer-supported collaborative learning.
Kristy Elizabeth Boyer received the M.S. degree in applied statistics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, in 2000, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, in 2010.
She is currently a Professor of Computer and Information Science and Engineering with the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Her work in computer science education spans K-12 and postsecondary contexts through game-based learning and intelligent learning environments. Her research interest includes dialogue for teaching and learning, including tutorial dialogue and computer-supported collaborative learning.View more