Collaborative wiki texts are longer, contain more t-units and more reasoning connectors than the initial pair-written texts¶

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q2 i? Comparing initial pair texts with the collaborative texts, the collaborative texts had more words, more t-units and more reasoning connectors, and better structure and organisation. → Pifarré 2011

Evidence¶

Pifarré 2011¶

Pifarré, M. & Kleine Staarman, J. (2011). Wiki-supported collaborative learning in primary education: How a dialogic space is created for thinking together. International Journal of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, 6(2), 187-205. https://www.springer.com/journal/11412

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Quantitative comparison (Table 1) of initial pair texts and collaborative wiki texts for two groups on paragraphs, words, t-units and reasoning connectors; e.g. Group 2's collaborative text had 184 words and 8 reasoning connectors versus 110 and 4 for its longest initial text. Descriptive counts; no statistical test reported.

"In terms of number of words and t-units, it must be noted that students' contributions are longer in the collaborative text group than in each of the initial texts written by the pairs."

Discussion¶

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