Abstract
To achieve a collective goal, students collaborating in groups must share their interpretations of the goal to negotiate a shared understanding, or establish intersubjectivity, before making progress towards that goal. To investigate negotiation towards intersubjectivity along with students' conceptual outcomes, we studied the discourse of two groups of middleschool students who participated in a 12-week science curriculum. We also evaluated differences in scores on a physics assessment. We found differences in how groups negotiated shared understandings of tasks and concepts and how they participated in conceptual discourse. Group A required significantly more instances of negotiation to establish intersubjectivity compared to Group B, indicating that Group A struggled with establishing shared understandings. Students in Group A also demonstrated greater variance in conceptual discourse and assessment scores, whereas Group B demonstrated more aligned conceptual outcomes. These results indicate that effective negotiation for establishing intersubjectivity is not only an important first step for students' participation in conceptual discourse, but also for achieving balanced learning gains across group members.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | 12th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2016 |
Subtitle of host publication | Transforming Learning, Empowering Learners, Proceedings |
Editors | Chee-Kit Looi, Joseph L. Polman, Ulrike Cress, Peter Reimann |
Publisher | International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) |
Pages | 562-569 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Volume | 1 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780990355090 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 12th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: Transforming Learning, Empowering Learners, ICLS 2016 - Singapore, Singapore Duration: Jun 20 2016 → Jun 24 2016 |
Other
Other | 12th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: Transforming Learning, Empowering Learners, ICLS 2016 |
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Country/Territory | Singapore |
City | Singapore |
Period | 6/20/16 → 6/24/16 |
Keywords
- Collaboration
- Conceptual Discourse
- CSCL
- Intersubjectivity
- Learning Outcomes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science (miscellaneous)
- Education