The quality of mutual models appears to depend more on the quality of interactions than on individual representational abilities¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r1 · q3
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? The correlation of mutual partner-model accuracies across four of five studies seems to imply that the quality of interactions matters more than individual abilities when building mutual models. → Dillenbourg 2016

Evidence¶

Dillenbourg 2016¶

Dillenbourg, P., Lemaignan, S., Sangin, M., Nova, N., & Molinari, G. (2016). The symmetry of partner modelling. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-016-9235-5

q3 · i? · associational · r1

Authors' interpretation of the symmetry results from the five collaborative experiments: assessed model accuracies were correlated between partners, which the article reads as pointing to interaction quality over individual ability. The article frames this as an implication ("seems to imply"), and uses no effect size, so none is reported.

"which seems to imply that the quality of interactions matters more than individual abilities when building mutual models"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• In most of the reported collaborative experiments, the accuracy of the partner model A built about B was correlated with the accuracy of the model B built about A — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Symmetry of partner models does not rule out a contribution of individual modelling abilities to mutual modelling quality — related
• Partner-model quality emerges through the task and is sensitive to awareness tools and media richness, partly contradicting the assumption that partner modelling is an individual skill — a broader claim this one bears on
• The five mutual-modelling experiments varied how important it was to build an accurate model (task) and how difficult it was to build one (setting) — related
• Collaboration does not emerge spontaneously just by placing students together — related