Different group compositions adopted different collaboration strategies: homogeneous groups split interface and programming work, while the heterogeneous CS/non-CS pair showed the most divergent behavior patterns¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Heterogeneous groups B and C showed significantly different complexity of behaviors and inconsistent OI and BCO patterns, attributable to different cooperation strategies such as working separately versus completing part of the synchronization step by step. → Ting-Chia Hsu 2021 q2 i? Homogeneous CS-major groups (D and F) showed more significant and abundant time-series behavioral patterns and more diversified behaviors such as OI→BCC and DCP→BCO. → Ting-Chia Hsu 2021

Evidence¶

Ting-Chia Hsu 2021¶

Ting-Chia Hsu, Hal Abelson, Evan Patton, Shih-Chu Chen, Hsuan-Ning Chang. (2021). Self-efficacy and behavior patterns of learners using a real-time collaboration system developed for group programming. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-021-09357-3

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Behavior sequential analysis (GSEQ) of the two heterogeneous groups' RTC logs, with "782 behavior codes for Group B and 905 for Group C"; diagrams appear in Fig. 7. The authors conjecture the difference stems from different cooperation strategies such as the tendency to work separately.

"Initially, it can be found that the complexity of behaviors of the homogeneous CS majors and non-CS majors in Groups B and C were significantly different. In addition to the basic operation behaviors, the behavior sequential diagrams of the two groups are not consistent."

Discussion¶

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