Faster CPS groups show stronger transitions among curiosity and optimism, while slower groups show stronger transitions among confusion, conflict, and frustration¶
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q2 i? In the ONA difference network, faster groups show much stronger transitions among curious and optimistic, whereas slower groups show stronger bidirectional transitions among confused, conflicted, and frustrated, including a stronger confused-to-conflicted transition (0.11). → Sifatul Anindho 2026
Evidence¶
Sifatul Anindho 2026¶
Sifatul Anindho, Videep Venkatesha, Jaclyn Ocumpaugh, and Nathaniel Blanchard. (2026). Ordered Network Analysis of Epistemic Emotions during Collaborative Problem Solving. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.23317 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2607.23317
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ONA difference network comparing groups split by median task duration shows "faster groups experience much stronger affective transitions among curious and optimistic," while slower groups showed stronger transitions among confused, conflicted, and frustrated, with a confused-to-conflicted weight of 0.11 and confused-to-disengaged of -0.05.
"Line weights for this (see Table 3) shows, faster groups experience much stronger affective transitions among curious and optimistic, occasionally transitioning from optimistic to disengaged (-0.05). In contrast, slower groups showed stronger bidirectional transitions among confused, conflicted, and frustrated."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Affect Regulation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Interest — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Achievement Emotions — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Affective experience during situated collaborative problem solving is organized around a stable epistemic core linking curiosity, optimism, and confusion with short-range persistence — related
- In over 60% of inquiry threads of low-achieving students, curiosity was followed by confusion, and joy or confusion by curiosity (sequential patterns, not shown causes) — related
- Curious, optimistic, and confused are the most frequently reported affective states, and self-caught reports are more evenly distributed than probe-caught reports — related
- Probe-caught affect reports show stronger self-loops among core epistemic states, while self-caught reports show more distributed transitions involving higher-arousal states — related
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Faster CPS groups show stronger transitions among curiosity and optimism, while slower groups show stronger transitions among confusion, conflict, and frustration |
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Faster CPS groups show stronger transitions among curiosity and optimism, while slower groups show stronger transitions among confusion, conflict, and frustration |
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