CSCL scripts have a medium significant positive effect on collaboration skills compared to unstructured collaborative learning¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r? · q3 · i2 medium
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q3 i2 Learning with CSCL scripts yields a significant medium-sized positive summary effect on collaboration skills (Hedges' g = 0.72; g = 0.59 excluding two outlier studies). → Radkowitsch 2020

Evidence¶

Radkowitsch 2020¶

Radkowitsch, A., Vogel, F., & Fischer, F. (2020). Good for learning, bad for motivation? A meta-analysis on the effects of computer-supported collaboration scripts. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 15, 5–47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-020-09316-4

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Random-effects meta-analysis of 41 collaboration-skill effects (23 independent) from experimental CSCL-script comparisons, showing "a significant medium-sized positive summary effect of Hedges' g = 0.72". Excluding two outlier studies the effect remained medium at g = 0.59.

"We examined 41 effects of CSCL scripts on collaboration skills. Of these, 23 were independent. The meta-analysis resulted in a significant medium-sized positive summary effect of Hedges' g = 0.72."

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