When supportive information was presented before the learning task clusters, online discussion led to better knowledge construction than personal discussion¶
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Design limits · Noroozi 2012: groups were assigned but students were analysed as independent (read from the study by two models, 2026-10-29)
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q3 i? Under the information-before (IB) timing condition, pairs discussing online (OD) outperformed pairs discussing in person (PD) on knowledge construction. → Noroozi 2012
Evidence¶
Noroozi 2012¶
Noroozi, O., Busstra, M. C., Mulder, M., Biemans, H. J. A., Tobi, H., Geelen, A., van't Veer, P., Chizari, M. (2012). Online discussion compensates for suboptimal timing of supportive information presentation in a digitally supported learning environment. Education Tech Research Dev (2012) 60:193-221. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-011-9217-2
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Reported contrast from the sequential experiment's second phase: within the IB timing condition, students randomly assigned to online discussion using the Drewlite chat tool showed better knowledge construction on test 2 than pairs discussing face-to-face in front of a shared computer. The detailed post-hoc statistics appear in the portion of the Results beyond the supplied text.
"When supportive information had been presented before each learning task cluster, online discussion led to better results than personal discussion."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Type of collaboration had a significant overall effect on knowledge construction after controlling for timing of supportive information presentation — a broader claim this one bears on
- Presenting supportive information during learning task clusters tended to yield higher quality knowledge construction than presenting it before the clusters — related
- When supportive information was presented during the learning task clusters, online and personal discussion had no differential effect on knowledge construction — related
- Online discussion in CSCL compensated for suboptimal timing of supportive information presentation before the learning task clusters in IDLM — a broader claim this one bears on
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When supportive information was presented before the learning task clusters, online discussion led to better knowledge construction than personal discussion |
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When supportive information was presented before the learning task clusters, online discussion led to better knowledge construction than personal discussion |
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