Learners who reflected collaboratively on their prior collaboration gained more knowledge about effective collaboration than learners guided by an external collaboration script or unsupported learners¶

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Currency · newest study 2025 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? University students in the reflection condition gained more knowledge about effective collaboration (mid-test) than those in the script and control conditions, per multilevel modeling. → Sebastian Strauß 2025

Evidence¶

Sebastian Strauß 2025¶

Sebastian Strauß, Isis Tunnigkeit, Julia Eberle, Arlind Avdullahu, Nikol Rummel. (2025). Comparing the effects of a collaboration script and collaborative reflection on promoting knowledge about good collaboration and effective interaction. Intern. J. Comput.-Support. Collab. Learn. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-024-09430-7

q3 · i? · causal · r2

In the group-randomized laboratory experiment with 150 university students in 50 groups of three, multilevel modeling of pre-test and mid-test knowledge found "learners in the reflection condition gained more knowledge about effective collaboration" than the other two conditions. No effect size is printed in the available text.

"Multilevel modeling suggests that learners in the reflection condition gained more knowledge about effective collaboration than learners who collaborated guided by an external collaboration script or learners who did not receive any support."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Collaboration — outcome: instruction changes it

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