Nearly all peer critique disagreements were resolved, mostly through concession, with co-construction appearing only in soft and mixed disagreements¶

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Evidence · 1 study (3 entries) · qualitative r2 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Most disagreements were resolved, with group members explicitly agreeing on a consensus understanding or decision; 25 episodes resolved through concession. → Zhou 2025 q2 i? Co-construction, integrating ideas from both sides, was found exclusively in soft and mixed disagreement episodes. → Zhou 2025 (2) q2 i? Only 2 instances remained unresolved: one went unheard and was ignored, and one ended abruptly when the class concluded. → Zhou 2025 (3)

Evidence¶

Zhou 2025¶

Zhou, J., Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Ryan, Z., Stiso, C., Murphy, D., Danish, J., Chinn, C. A., & Duncan, R. G. (2025). Disagreeing softly: Supporting students in managing disagreement in peer critique. Intern. J. Comput.-Support. Collab. Learn. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-024-09438-z

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Episode-level analysis of the 48 gallery walk disagreement episodes, excluding the 4 involving no agreement with invisible peers. Consensus was marked by explicit agreements such as "Yeah," "I agree," or "OK, let's…"; 25 episodes ended through concession, where students accepted an idea from a single side.

"Most disagreements were success- fully resolved, namely, group members explicitly agreed on a consensus understanding or"

Zhou 2025 (2)¶

Zhou, J., Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Ryan, Z., Stiso, C., Murphy, D., Danish, J., Chinn, C. A., & Duncan, R. G. (2025). Disagreeing softly: Supporting students in managing disagreement in peer critique. Intern. J. Comput.-Support. Collab. Learn. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-024-09438-z

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

The same episode-level analysis found resolution through co-construction in 14 instances, where students "integrated ideas from both sides"; the article states this pattern appeared exclusively in soft and mixed disagreement episodes.

"In the remaining 14 instances, resolution occurred through co-construction, where students integrated ideas from both sides. Notably, co-construction was exclusively found in soft and mixed disagreements."

Zhou 2025 (3)¶

Zhou, J., Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Ryan, Z., Stiso, C., Murphy, D., Danish, J., Chinn, C. A., & Duncan, R. G. (2025). Disagreeing softly: Supporting students in managing disagreement in peer critique. Intern. J. Comput.-Support. Collab. Learn. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-024-09438-z

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

A third of the 5 episodes without explicit consensus ended in topic shifting after the proponent defended their stance; the quote describes "2 instances" that "remained unre- solved," one unheard and one cut off by the class ending.

"Only 2 instances remained unre- solved: one disagreement went unheard thereby being ignored; while the other led to a pro- longed discussion that abruptly ended with the class concluding."

Discussion¶

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