Contrary to expectation, common ground after collaboration was highest in the low-coercion (Idiosyncratic) NTool groups, not the Stringent groups¶
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q2 i? A significant main effect of coercion on common ground ran in the opposite direction to the hypothesis, with common ground highest in the Idiosyncratic groups. → Pieter J. Beers 2007
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Pieter J. Beers 2007¶
Pieter J. Beers, Paul A. Kirschner, Henny P. A. Boshuizen, Wim H. Gijselaers. (2007). ICT-support for grounding in the classroom. Instructional Science 35, 535–556. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-007-9018-5
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Common ground was computed as the average spread of individual problem representations over discussion episodes, analysed by repeated measures ANCOVA with psychological safety as covariate. The article reports the effect was "not in the expected direction" and that "Common ground was highest in the Idiosyncratic groups."
"Finally, there was a significant main effect of coercion on common ground, F(1, 11) = 9.78, P < .01, but not in the expected direction. Eliminating psychological safety from the model still resulted in a significant main effect of coercion F(1, 12) = 8.46, P < .05. Common ground was highest in the Idiosyncratic groups."
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Related Claims¶
- Cognitive load did not clearly increase during group work under high coercion; a three-way interaction of session time, cognitive load and coercion emerged, with a marginal main effect of coercion — related
- High-coercion (Stringent) NTool increases explicit negotiation activities in secondary vocational collaborative problem-solving, though the verification effect was stronger in morning sessions — related
- The low- and high-coercion versions of NTool did not differ on perceived sociability or social presence — related
- Psychological safety is positively associated with negotiation activities (verification, clarification, agreement) in ICT-supported collaborative problem-solving — related
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Contrary to expectation, common ground after collaboration was highest in the low-coercion (Idiosyncratic) NTool groups, not the Stringent groups |
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Contrary to expectation, common ground after collaboration was highest in the low-coercion (Idiosyncratic) NTool groups, not the Stringent groups |
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