Tutorial groups varied widely in when they first entered collaborative sensemaking, from about 13 minutes to nearly 53 minutes of tutorial time¶
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q2 i? The Gold and Silver groups showed evidence of sensemaking in their third discussion (13:15 and 12:30 elapsed), while the Bronze group needed four discussions and 52:46 elapsed time. → Conlin 2012
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Conlin 2012¶
Conlin, L. D., & Scherr, R. E. (2012). Making Space to Sensemake: Epistemic Distancing in Small Group Physics Discussions. Preprint under review. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Making+Space+to+Sensemake
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Table 1 of the discourse analysis reports variability in how soon each group entered a collaborative scientific sensemaking discussion, measured in number of discussions, elapsed time, and tutorial question; no effect size is printed.
"Gold group 3 13:15 Tutorial 1, Question II.B.1 Silver group 3 12:30 Tutorial 1, Question II.A.4 Bronze group 4 52:46 Tutorial 2, Question 1.A.I"
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Related Claims¶
- A TA's intervention that incrementally added epistemic distancing to his questions shifted a dismissive group into sensemaking with a lasting effect — related
- Epistemic distancing plays a critical role in student groups' construction of a safe space for collaborative sensemaking in physics tutorials — related
- Both too much and too little epistemic distancing can shut down group discussion — related
- A new group member's heavily distanced bid to discuss shifted the Bronze group's norms toward sharing and evaluating ideas — related
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Tutorial groups varied widely in when they first entered collaborative sensemaking, from about 13 minutes to nearly 53 minutes of tutorial time |
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Tutorial groups varied widely in when they first entered collaborative sensemaking, from about 13 minutes to nearly 53 minutes of tutorial time |
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