A student's animated off-worksheet statements can function as bids for a frame change that the group may accept or ignore¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2007 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Momentary departures from the group's dominant behavioral cluster, such as a student speaking in unusually clear, original, animated speech while the group remains in the blue cluster, are interpreted as bids for a frame change; in the episodes analyzed the group accepted the bid the second time it was made. → Rachel E. Scherr and David Hammer 2007

Evidence¶

Rachel E. Scherr and David Hammer 2007¶

Rachel E. Scherr and David Hammer. (2007). Student Behavior and Epistemological Framing: Examples from Collaborative Active-Learning Activities in Physics. Submitted to Cognition and Instruction. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Student+Behavior+and+Epistemological+Framing

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Qualitative analysis of Kendra's anomalous statements in group A's episodes. The authors "identify her bid for a frame change based entirely on her behaviors," noting her peers likely read her statement as an implicit request for understanding, more consistent with discussion than worksheet framing.

"We identify her bid for a frame change based entirely on her behaviors (e.g., she is briefly more animated). The content of her speech, however, is also similar in the two cases: she denies understanding the situation."

Discussion¶

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