The editorial reports that CSCL scripts show positive effects on domain learning and collaboration process skills, and that scaffolding single versus combinations of collaborative activities affects script impact¶

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q2 i? The same meta-analysis found positive effects of CSCL scripts on domain learning and collaboration skills, and showed that scaffolding a single collaborative activity versus a combination of activities changes script impact. → Carolyn Rosé & Sanna Järvelä & Sten Ludvigsen 2020

Evidence¶

Carolyn Rosé & Sanna Järvelä & Sten Ludvigsen 2020¶

Carolyn Rosé & Sanna Järvelä & Sten Ludvigsen. (2020). Experiencing CSCL: from motivation to the embodied experience and beyond. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-020-09319-1

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Editorial report of the meta-analysis results on learning and collaboration outcomes, and of its moderator analysis on whether scripts scaffold one activity or a combination of collaborative activities. Effect sizes are not printed in the editorial.

"The findings point to positive effects on domain learning and collaboration skills. Interestingly, the meta-analysis shows how scaffolding single particular collaborative activities and scaffolding a combination of collab- orative activities affects the impact of CSCL scripts."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The editorial reports that a meta-analysis of 53 primary studies found CSCL collaboration scripts had a non-significant positive effect on motivation, countering criticism that scripts harm motivation
• The editorial reports an online teacher professional development intervention combining social capital mechanisms and automated scaffolds succeeded, with transactivity as a process indicator
• CSCL scripts have a small significant positive effect on domain learning compared to unstructured collaborative learning — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Whether a CSCL script prompts transactive activities does not significantly moderate its effects on domain-specific knowledge, and for collaboration skills the difference runs opposite to the expected direction — related
• Student learning activity combined domain-specific academic practices and generic skill practices, supported partly by teachers' scaffolding and partly by self-organized group work — related
• Simple, targeted mere exposure prompt (MEP) scripts show promise for promoting desirable learning behaviors in a fully online multiplayer role-play classroom — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• CSCL scripts have a medium significant positive effect on collaboration skills compared to unstructured collaborative learning — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• The effect of CSCL scripts on collaboration skills is significantly greater than their effect on domain-specific knowledge — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• The script level a CSCL script mainly targets does not significantly moderate its effects on domain-specific knowledge or collaboration skills — related
• Scripts scaffolding coordination alone or negotiation with information sharing show the largest domain-learning effects, while three-way combinations show smaller significant effects — a narrower finding that bears on this claim