Forum discussion shows more argumentation and confirmation, partly mediated by its opinion-oriented subject matter¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q2 · i3 large
Currency · newest study 2006 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Forum discussion showed relatively more argumentations and confirmations than anchored discussion. → van der Pol 2006 q2 i3 Argumentation was less frequent in meaning-oriented discussion than in opinion-oriented discussion (r = -0.61), and message subject partially mediated the condition-argumentation relation and fully mediated the condition-confirmation relation. → van der Pol 2006 (2)

Evidence¶

van der Pol 2006¶

van der Pol, J., Admiraal, W., & Simons, P.R.J. (2006). The affordance of anchored discussion for the collaborative processing of academic texts. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 1(3), 339–357. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-006-9657-6

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Protocol coding of constructive activities across the 36 discussions (Table 7: argumentation 30% vs 19%; confirmation 25% vs 17%). Message-type subcategories did not differ significantly across conditions.

"the traditional forum discussion does show relatively more argumentations ( t(34) = 3.25, p < 0.01) and confirmations ( t(34) = 2.19, p = 0.036) than does the system for anchored discussion"

van der Pol 2006 (2)¶

van der Pol, J., Admiraal, W., & Simons, P.R.J. (2006). The affordance of anchored discussion for the collaborative processing of academic texts. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 1(3), 339–357. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-006-9657-6

q2 · i3 · causal · r2

Correlational and regression analyses at discussion level (n = 36) found less argumentation in meaning-oriented discussion, with a printed correlation of r = -0.61 (printed as r = j0.61, p < 0.001). The condition-argumentation correlation decreased from 0.49 to 0.30 when controlling for message subject (partial mediation); the condition-confirmation correlation was no longer significant after controlling (full mediation).

"we checked the data for a relation between message subject and argumentation and found there is indeed less argumentation in meaning oriented discussion than in opinion-oriented discussion ( r = j0.61, p <0 . 0 0 1 ,n = 36)."

Discussion¶

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