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Publication Date: 2011-Sep
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Examining the Relation between Domain-Related Communication and Collaborative Inquiry Learning
Anjewierden, Anjo; Gijlers, Hannie; Kolloffel, Bas; Saab, Nadira; de Hoog, Robert
Computers & Education, v57 n2 p1741-1748 Sep 2011
Research suggests that providing others with elaborated explanations is more beneficial for learning than receiving explanations (e.g., Webb, 1989). Applied to chat communication in a collaborative inquiry learning environment, we would expect that in a dyad learners with more domain-related contributions than their partners would learn more. In the paper we develop a method to examine the relation between domain-related chats and learning outcome for intuitive knowledge. We describe how we automatically extract domain-related messages, and score them based on domain-orientedness. The analysis confirms that there is a positive relation between a high score on domain-related chats and the learning improvement as measured by the difference between a post-test and a pre-test on intuitive knowledge.
Descriptors: Intuition, Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication, Computer Assisted Instruction, Pretests Posttests, Student Improvement, Discourse Analysis, Coding, Correlation, Instructional Effectiveness, Cooperative Learning, Inquiry
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