The Bidea^ dimension was the most frequent (45.87% of total discourse), with Bfact^ dominant in Grade 5 Science and Bopinion^ dominant in Grade 10 Liberal Studies¶
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q2 i? Bidea^ represented 45.87% of total discourse; the most frequent sub-codes were Bfact^ (29.10%) in G5S and Bopinion^ (20.6%) in G10LS. → Fu 2016
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Fu, E. L. F., van Aalst, J., & Chan, C. K. K. (2016). Toward a classification of discourse patterns in asynchronous online discussions. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 11, 441-478. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-016-9245-3
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Qualitative coding of discourse across three KF views found the Bidea^ dimension most frequent at 45.87% of total discourse. The authors suggest Bscience students tended to consider brief factsBas self-explanatory, while humanities students tended to use subjective judgments.
"With Bidea^ representing 45.87 % of the total discourse, including more than half of those in the G5S (53.95 %) and G10LS classes (58.75 %). Table 3 also indicates that, in the G5S and G10LS classes, the most frequently occurring sub-codes were Bfact^ (29.10 %) and Bopinion^ (20.6 %), respectively."
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- Grade 5 Science students predominantly engaged in fact-oriented, repetitive, and cumulative discourse, suggesting difficulty sustaining conversational exchanges online — related
- Only Grade 10 Liberal Studies students engaged in simple argumentation, complex argumentation, and theory-oriented interactions, possibly due to the subject's emphasis on argumentation — related
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The Bidea^ dimension was the most frequent (45.87% of total discourse), with Bfact^ dominant in Grade 5 Science and Bopinion^ dominant in Grade 10 Liberal Studies |
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The Bidea^ dimension was the most frequent (45.87% of total discourse), with Bfact^ dominant in Grade 5 Science and Bopinion^ dominant in Grade 10 Liberal Studies |
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