First-language heterogeneity is negatively related to time spent getting to know each other and positively related to time spent on task-related communication¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r3 · q3 · i0 negligible
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q3 i0 Group first-language heterogeneity correlated with less time getting to know each other (r = −.09) and more time on task-related communication (r = .11). → Natalia Reich-Stiebert 2023

Evidence¶

Natalia Reich-Stiebert 2023¶

Natalia Reich-Stiebert, Jan-Bennet Voltmer, Jennifer Raimann, Stefan Stürmer. (2023). The role of first-language heterogeneity in the acquisition of online interaction self-efficacy in CSCL. Intern. J. Comput.-Support. Collab. Learn 18:513–530. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-023-09411-2

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Correlational analysis of precourse heterogeneity indices and initial-phase time reports (Table 1); the correlation with getting-to-know time was small and below the r = .10 threshold (r = −.09, p < .01), and heterogeneity was also positively related to task-related communication time. These are observational associations, not causal effects.

"CSCL groups' first-language heterogeneity was also negatively related to students' evaluations of their time spent getting to know each other (the first potential moderator, r = −.09, p < .01) and positively related to time spent on task-related communication (the second potential moderator, r = .11, p < .01)."

Discussion¶

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